Darren,
completed the tailshaft research today. What you propose (swapping just the tailhousings) will not work. I actually replicated that effort. The machined area of the sii output shaft where the bearing seats is a nominal 7/8" too "short".
So ya either need a complete 2x4 sii tranny, a complete 2x4/4x4 pickall tranny, swap in a pickall output shaft and housing in your sii case, or use the dodge motorhome tranny output shaft and housing like I have in your sii case. That item happens to be exactly the same stuff that was used on the IH motorhome app.
If you want complete info regarding this open a new thread in the transmission tech sub-forum.
My dsl service is down, I'm onna near-dialup speed cell modem so I won't be hanging on the forum too much until I get my connection issues worked out.