So the other day my pastor drove over to pay me for some work I'd done on the HVAC of his '05 Volvo XC90. (2.5L turbo I-5, AWD, 140K - he bought it back in the summer when his 180K-mile '07 Jetta blew a head gasket and chewed up the timing chain at the same time.) As he nears my shop I hear a noise that I honestly thought was a skidsteer or trackhoe across the way with a jack hammer attachment or something - no, it's the Volvo, just started that as he came within sight of the shop. He limps it into my parking lot and gives me a minute to crawl under it where I find the transfer case (3-way bevel drive off the transaxle, basically) is too hot to touch and damp on the bottom, obviously been that way for a while. Calls his wife to pick him up and leaves the Volvo.
Got it in the shop today and got the T-case out - found way more carnage than oil:
Got it in the shop today and got the T-case out - found way more carnage than oil:
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