We had turned my garage into a paint booth for the weekend so i could paint my engine bay so i put my bikes, lawnmower, and tranny out side for a night. Over the night someone came a took my built tranny with a b&m short throw the drive shaft and the torque arm. If anyone sees this for sale please let me know. although I'm sure whoever took it has no idea that its fully built

 

That's very unfortunate, but you should probably post in your local forum. We don't know what "Chi Town" means in your location, so it could be China Town in Toronto Ontario Canada, or China Town in New York New York.

 

sorry. chi town means chicago illinois

 

For what it's worth you may even want to contact local scrap yards, I've had pickup trucks roam my area looking to pick up anything metal to sell as scrap...

Maybe it was a "crime of opportunity"...

Hope you get it back though...

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Also, I don't know about Mazda's, but my Saturn has VIN #'s etched into both the transmission bellhousing as well as the engine block...

 

ok ill try. Thanks for the help

 

damn man that sucks, i'd definitely try the vin numbers and get word around at local scrap yards. hope you get it back

 

still no luck on finding my trans. just lost some decent money

 

sucks. they prob got it to recycle metals etc

 

damn that sucks. I assume you tried ebay and craigslist? I'll keep my eyes open on the indiana craigslists just in case.

 

OP, I'm not sure if this will work, but I've heard you may be able to recover some money from your house insurance if you have it...

Technically, you were robbed, so if you could spin it that way and see what they'll give you?

 

Damn that sucks man...I've noticed I'm a little more paranoid about this car considering the rarity of some of the parts. Good luck bro...

 

+1 It's worth a shot, also keep checking craiglist and ebay, maybe even put out a wanted ad for the same trans and offer big money and see if the a-hole is stupid enough to reply.

 

Do you have any identifying info on the trans? I bought one on ebay last month that supposedly had never been installed for 1988 NA. It was supposedly in storage for a long time, and looked like it. I have installed it, but would be glad to look for any ID you could supply to see if this is it. For your sake, hope it is. For me, hope not!