Yes I've done it. You may need to swap the selected shaft also as the remote style box shaft has the bolt hole holding on the internal selector in a slightly different spot.
Compare the two shafts when you have the boxes apart and see if there is a difference. I ended up redeilling the remote selector shaft as the end was slightly different and I didn't want to gamble that the other shaft would work. It is a pain to pull a box out of a car for a simple part to change back so best to compare now
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