Gearbox fooked?

[mkii]

I was driving up a small hill this evening and the cup popped out of gear, started crunching abit. It went back into first gear fine but didn't go anywhere. Rolled back down the hill and tried the gears again. It was going into all the gears fine but not goin anywhere just revving.
Anyway, I got recovered and the bloke said its the gear box. He's told me a reconditioned one will set me back about £800... Is that right?! He also said its a big job that'll take about 6 hours....
Would it be possible to get mine reconditioned? If so, what sort of price would I be lookin at?
any other info you might think I'd find useful would be appreciated

 

[Dankata]

I was driving up a small hill this evening and the cup popped out of gear, started crunching abit. It went back into first gear fine but didn't go anywhere. Rolled back down the hill and tried the gears again. It was going into all the gears fine but not goin anywhere just revving.
Anyway, I got recovered and the bloke said its the gear box. He's told me a reconditioned one will set me back about £800... Is that right?! He also said its a big job that'll take about 6 hours....
Would it be possible to get mine reconditioned? If so, what sort of price would I be lookin at?
any other info you might think I'd find useful would be appreciated

Could be clutch, if it was the gearbox a second hand gearbox would be a cheaper option plus, easy to remove and fit the new one yourself.

 

[Sean6545]

Sounds like the nearside diff circlip has popped out. Do a search on the topic.

 

[Silent_Scone]

circlip. common

 

[mkii]

Thanks for the advice guys, im gunna take the driveshaft out to have a look about this circlip ive done abit of research about them and if it does happen to be the clip how good are thses? any good or should i avoid and get a new box?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en#ht_2178wt_905

Thanks