Thank you all for the info and clarification. The reason I am swapping the case is that it’s currently making a rotational scraping noise, which can’t be good. I was able to isolate the noise to the case with the car on the lift and a mechanic’s stethoscope. The closest replacement I can find is...
3 follow on questions:
1. Still not clear- do I need to get a CDL switch to have CDL in 4L?
2. My 94 has ABS- any loss of function without the VC in the 97 t case?
3. Can the dampened counterweight be removed without damaging the t case so as not to interfere with the adjacent exhaust routing...
I've been a good boy and used the search function. The thread I found (link at bottom) says that the t-case for a 97 is interchangeable for a 94. However, one poster notes that the main difference between the two is the CDL is electrically actuated on the 97 and mechanically actuated on the 94...