Same kind of mess happened to a buddy of mine with an old M939. Throttle stuck, panic shift - blew the transfer case seal. Owner wanted him to cover the fix.
He needed to register on a couple of military surplus parts sites, but they all wanted phone verification. Didn’t want to use his work number, boss tracks everything.
Code came through in under two minutes. Used it to set up accounts on two different forums.
Ended up finding a used transfer case in Ohio — same day.
Not much you can do about the panic move, but at least the parts hunt didn’t take weeks.
