Your just full of good advice!
swapped it all over. everything is identical. using a '96 NP241C and a '99 NP231J.
instead of just input shafts, i swapped the planetary and all. appearently there is a slight difference in the way the gears were cut sometime in '95. so use 94 and down cases or 96 and up cases.
anyone need a 23 spline NP241?
ill even post pics later with comparison shots between the two.