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Thanks Greg for the detail. I'm game and will give your fix a go. Earlier I managed to get the sprocket off and attempted to punch the key at one end to make it pop out at the other - unfortunately this only seated the key further into the groove. Here's where I'm at: I'll be giving your tip for the self tapper a shot, along with some heat. Timing belt is due in 15K km, so will definitely be updating that, as well as the front main oil seal as that's starting to weep. Water pump's cheap enough, so will give that a change too! The shopping list currently looks like this: Crank Pulley Washer for between cam sprocket and crank pulley Woodruff Key Pulley Bolt and Washer Front main seal Cam seal Timing belt kit Water Pump & Coolant Fan, Alternator & Power steering belts Emery Cloth Loctit Liquid Metal

Hi all, I'm a diesel hiace owner, I'm here seeking advice, as my 3L engine (in 1997 Toyota Hiace van) has developed a pretty huge problem. - basically the crank pulley has worked it's way loose (judging by the damage, this has been happening over a long time). The power steering and alternator suddenly went dead, found the pulley bolt sitting on the cross member beneath the engine, with the crankshaft able to spin independent of the pulley. Once dismantled, discovered the woodruff pin sheared clean and the mating surfaces of the pulley and crank end cannibalised. Despite being a 360K km engine, there is no problem (8L/100km, no noise, no excessive soot, no oil consumption) and would hate to have to exchange for an unknown reco engine, never mind having to waste the $$. I'm thinking there has to be a way to get that remaining pin out, bolt on another pulley and some more kms out of it. Maybe there's an engineer or mechanic in Sydney's inner west who's a definite go to guy that sort this out..? So I'm throwing this over to the tinkerers, maybe someone's had a similar experience, maybe found a genius fix? Below are some pics of the situation. Cheers James