Well, since I have no ladies chasing me down, I get very intimate with Cummins trucks instead.
I'd probably get put in jail if I tried to take apart the former, so I stick with the latter.
I actually did a VE engine swap into a '96 5 speed 1 ton 2wd a couple years ago.
I kept track of what I had to do at that time, which I did because that was the only engine I had available at the time.
Not a lot of people want to put a 1st Gen engine into a 2nd gen, so the information on doing it is hard to come by.
I am glad I could shed some light on your dilemma.
Mark.