8 3/4 3rd member question?

The entire units are all directly interchangeable without any modifications at all. There are differences within the different units themselves (bearings, gears, carrier).
That's not 100% true. The '64 and older 3rd members use a different thrust block in the middle and different length axle shafts between sure grip and non-sure grip, to match. There are also several different u-joint sizes and spline counts so swapping them isn't always a simple swap.