If it won't move, but make a noise, your diagnosis is correct. If there's no noise from the transmission, check that (a) the dump valve (freewheel control) is NOT engaged, and (b) that the drive belt hasn't snapped/come off.
Unfortunately, a new transmission is ££££ - IF you can find one.
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