Originally Posted by centerforce99
Not to re-hash on the subject, but technically. Wouldn't the car run w/o a crank pulley? He just wouldn't have a working alternator, power steering pump and what ever else is driven by the pulley right?
A car won't run very long without alternator current, so I don't think it is possible to drive it more than a few miles even with the timing belt still attached.
I just find this somewhat impossible considering the strength of those pulley bolts, the crank key, and the belts holding it on would make it very difficult to snap off.