pulled the Honda motor a few weeks ago to fix my trans, first time I have put a wrench to it since it was installed over a year and a half ago
it was easiest to unplug everything from the motor to pull it, what I found was all the plastic plugs were sealed good at the connections but were hard to pull apart because of mud/sand in the housings. I don't know how many plugs there are on other w/c motors but there are 20+ on mine.
I plan in using die-electric grease on all the housings when I re-install the motor, should take care of the problem......
Ran for a year and a half with a stock 6 rib......now I'm gonna have weddle first, second and a super diff