New 4wd actuator replacement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=ovGS2nNhHmd9nXkJ&v=Iq-CusWQ1Wo&feature=youtu.be
Has anyone done this with success? Unbolt the old one and bolt on a new one. The guy in this video has another video that's an hour and a half. He wound up ordering a new one that came with center locker and 4lo rods. He left the originals in the t-case and pulled the new ones out of actuator. Bolted it on, had complications, had to reclock it but that appears to be his fault. He still had problems with the center locker acting "sticky" but even when he did it manually was having a little problem with it catching in the t-case. The 4lo however seemed to work flawlessly

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=dIF33jfX985NgE5w&v=xKgB_WDnttQ&feature=youtu.be
So from the 17min to 34 min section of this video you can see his process. After the 34 min mark he jumps the gun and creates a bunch more work for himself that makes itself apparent later in the video. Basically the center lock is having issues, he loosens the actuator, then tries to engage it and it works. Then tighten it back up. He probably could have done this the first go round and wouldn't have had to take the actuator all apart

 

After seeing @ and @ with there fj manual t-case swaps. I learned we with v8 AWD/4wd don't need the ADD front differential, I really want to go that route. Unfortunately I don't have all of the skill needed to do it myself nor the money to pay a pro shop.
I'm in Apache junction AZ if anyone wants to help with the welding and wiring of an fj swap. Otherwise I think I'll be forced to try this nonsense lol