833 4spd repair advice

Here’s a thought exercise for you. The car is running, the transmission is in neutral. You want to shift it into first. You still need the clutch right? That’s because stuff is spinning inside the transmission.

So, yes, you definitely could have damaged some of the internals if you’ve been running the engine, with the transmission in neutral, with no oil in the transmission. Unless maybe you were also holding the clutch in the whole time. If the clutch was out, the input shaft was spinning. So all the bearings associated with the input shaft could be cooked. Depends on how long the engine ran each time.