I guess I need to take another look at how the drive shaft comes out. The last time I looked at it I thought it could be removed without exposing any internals. Also, I thought I had read in another forum where a person had a bad transfercase and was looking for a way to keep driving the car and it was suggested to him to just remove the driveshaft. I havent been able to find that thread now, and thats why I asked.
I'll try not to vent about my feelings about this car, but in short I am frankly sick of it's problems and if the modulator does not fix the current problem, I am getting rid of it, beautiful or not.