I mean, it's still just a matter of splicing the XJ harness into the MJ rear harness connector. you just gotta figure out which wire is which. :) I would start with the 95 info and see how much matches up.
oh yeah, I do love a project getting wrapped up and enjoyed.
if you can, try to upload the pics to the CC directly just in case Imgur ever pulls a photobucket on us.
sell it whole. parting out a truck is a super duper pain in the butt. any extra cash you might get you will work for. and in the end you'll still have a body to deal with.
I did some poking around the interwebs and it appears that 96 really is a mix of 95 and 97. can't find anything that definitively states the rear harness uses one or the other year's colors.