Help needed after a little smash.

[mikbobs]

Last night I ended up sliding the old 95 Astra 1.7TD LS along a crash barrier at about 40-30mph which took off the front bumper and grill, along with the drivers side headlight. That should be simple enough to fix though.

What I am confused about is the only gear I can select is reverse. I'm hoping it's not a gearbox problem and is just the linkages. Will it be an easy-ish repair? I'm a pretty confident home mechanic. If not then I know a relatively good/cheap mechanic.

I'm going to look at the car tomorrow as the police had it recovered as it happened on a accident hotspot apparently. If it's going to cost more than £300-400 to repair I'll probably just get it scrapped.

Any help will be grately appreciated.

 

[nige-p]

if thats knocked the linkage out of sink i would be checking what it has bent first as its unusuall to knock the linkage loose

 

[mikbobs]

I've checked it out and the linkages are fine so its the gearbox that's knackered. Just going to get it scrapped, shame really as it had nothing else wrong.

 

[turbojay]

can you select gears with the linkage off??? take off the linkage from the selecting rod and see if you can select gears by hand??? that way you know if its the box.

are the driveshafts all fine and wheels etc