Brand new to the group with one major problem

BOOSTED81

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2003 Mazdaspeed
Hi guys,

I just bought an 03 Mazdaspeed Protege and the trans is not working properly or at all. I have been doing a lot of research on this great website and it looks like it might be the LSD. I know there are a lot of write ups on how to fix the problem but I honestly don't have a lot of time so I am looking at my options. Can I just swap the transmission from a wrecking yard from another protege or does it have to be a Mazda speed? I am not sure if I should just take it to a tranny shop and have them fix it but how much is that going to cost me? any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
 
Any manual transmission from a 99-03 protege will work, but only the msp trans came with a lsd. If you change transmissions you will lose the lsd and be saying hello torque steer. I believe the msp trans is labeled the G25 and the regular trans without the lsd is the G15, someone correct me if I'm wrong here.
 
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