1.8K Series Crankshaft Pulley alignment problems

Hi all,
I am in the middle of doing the head gasket and timing belt on my dads 1999 Freelander and have hit a stumbling block.
I took the head off after loosening the timing belt and crankshaft pulley loosened off ok but bolt wouldnt come fully out, after much levering it did come out but took auxillery belt pully and timing belt crank pulley with it due to some odd rock hard glue / sealer all around the bolt threads.
Went to clean it all up for refit and found no woodruff key in the crank or similar slot in the inner pulley to align onto the crankshaft.

There is a cutout in the pulley and crankshaft but it isnt a tight fit and allows the inner pulley to still rotate around 1/4 turn so absolutley useless to align the crankshaft with the timing line for refitting the timing belt.

I cant find any other timing marks on say flywheel or locking pins or info on the net about this so need help

Is this normal? do i need a new pulley or is there a way to set the crankshaft with head off and lock it in place spot on so i can refit the head and set timing belt properly.

I usually do alot of bodywork and am capable of mechanical work but it is not my forte.

Cheers in advance for any help

ive got a similar problem. the freelander was vibrating so took the belt off to find that the crank timing gear was not a tight fit on the crank thus leaving the belt loose. its not as bad as you are saying (1/4 turn) but enough to be able to wiggle the gear on the crankshaft.

So am i right in thinking the K series doesnt use any kind of woodruff key to lock crank timing pulley in place but instead uses almost like a notch out of the crankshaft and same profile out of the pulley that in theory fits in snug and means pulley can only be fitted in one set position?
I am not ruling out extreme wear on the timing bely pulley and be interested to know if rock hard glue stuff is normal on the pulley and main crankshaft bolt, i toyed with the idea that maybe the pulley was meant to have some movement but is set in the factory and tightened but ruled this out as one daft bloody idea

well i cant see it having play in it at all because it would send the timing out. the crankshaft bolt i took out didnt have and type of thread lock on it.

im unsure about going to get new sprocket because im unsure if the crankshaft is worn

should the sproket be easy just to pull of or should it be a tight fit????

Figured out that the glue type stuff is a previous bodge as the inner pulley lug to centre the outer pulley had snapped off, some jokers idea of making sure the outer pulley didnt spin loose or move i guess :-(
On my crankshaft the bit the pulley goes on is like a reverse D (bit exagerated) slightly tapered as well, cleaned it all up and no sign of any missing woodruff key or area it would have gone into so can only assume now that the timing belt pulley would have a similar reverse D shape tapered to lock into place one way only, there is a small notch out of the inner part of my pulley and it looks to have wobbled about a bit at some time in its life hence the loose fit i guess, difficult to say for sure though without another pulley here to compare it to.
Still think its one bloody daft idea over a good old fashioned woodruff key one way only fit pulley but hey ho.

If all else fails i may have to get a mate to set the crank timing etc by eye and knowledge and hope for the best, may try local breakers as well, bound to find a mullered K series in there somewhere and see what a different pulley looks like to compare.