Well, that's kind of what I was thinking/hoping. A transmission is far less severe to fix than the crank, but white plugs are a bad omen.

The idea of removing the clutch assembly isolates the crank from the transmission. If it turns, then it's likely a transmission fault... if it doesn't, then it looks like the cases need to be split.
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