When my Trooper crankshaft pulley died last week, first the motor rattled, but drove okay (1 mile) back to my office. Then, while loading it on the trailer, it would start then die, except if you quickly put it in gear (A/T), it ran rough, but well enough to drive onto the trailer.
The next day, same start/die sequence, but before I could get it moving (into gear), it went into a "no-start" mode (cranks, but no start).
Now, while waiting on the new pulley to arrive, I ponder what events took place, for it to not start.
Any comments?

Also: not knowing the history of the motor, are there any other maintenance items (timing belt?) to be done, while I'm fixing the pulley?

Gracias (trying to learn new Texican language).