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(y)Case resolved, then - and I can sleep again!:giggle:

Ah... that's most probably the cause...! At least it proves that the newer jackshaft is capable of extending that much - without ripping off its slip-joint seal. If you refer to what bolts to the TC, those two styles are interchangeable and don't affect its position. See this thread, also...

Not the case. It would take much more than that to make our transmissions one inch shorter. Also, the pics in post #6 clearly show a transmission with all stock parts. So my question remains open, still: what exactly was changed in the later-generation A2s to require- or allow a longer...

OK, so it seems that that later-model propeller shaft does extend enough to solve the OP's problem. Really wondering now where that 1"-difference originates (?) Since both trucks should have the very same engine- and transfer case mounting brackets, at the same relative positions, respectively...

6" (or 11" between flanges), fully collapsed. Extends about 1-1/8"