It is in this day an age

 

I do not agree with this. If you are removing the shifter assy. anyway, the older style will go back in it's place without modification. Now the only issue is cost. I find those things all day long for $50 or under, you just gotta know where to look, plus you have the benefit of never having to worry about it again and you do not have to remember to grease it. Not everyone is attentive to their truck's lubrication, plus you are assuming that the OP is comfortable with disassembling the original shifter and getting it freed up.

Hey, it's just one option, let the buyer beware, YMMV, all that jazz.

 

i doubt you could shift on the fly into low it would grind and bounce out you should never HE-MAN the t-case into gear anyways but i dont know much about 92-96 so not sure what tcase you got but b.w 1356's like N. over P. to get into low and they dont like pressure on the gear set as they age i find as well i.e be in N. and be on flat ground rock it back in forth a bit if need be even shut the truck off while you try

and the idea of switching to 87-91 shift section is good too its not straight lined shift either keeps from accidental shift on the fly into low aswell

 

It can and will engage to 4low with out a detent, then go BANG

 

My '85 F-250, '75 CJ5, and '71 Bronco (both with its original Dana 20 and with the Atlas transfer case) could all be shifted into low without any special pushing or pulling on the shift levers, and without worrying about what gear the trans was in. I never had any trouble with it though, you just don't do it.