LOL. Why would you think everything else was difficult on my car?
I've had it easy compared to the Suzuki Swifts I used to own. Almost everything that has been done so far on the Camry has been done single handedly by me, except when I replaced the rear crank seal.
I am familiar with the starter bump method though, but not entirely so sure the pulley would be such a pain to come off like u say; considering it had came off more recently.
Lemme explain... Sometime after I bought the car, a squeaking noise was heard whenever the engine ran, turns out the pulley was bad and actually fell off one day while i was driving to work. more specifically, the ring grove section where the belt sits fell off the body of the pulley.
So I got a used one and had a mechanic friend (cuz I had no time obviously, cuz I had to get to work which i was already late for) install it for me, and he didn't have a puller... in fact, I recall asking him out of curiosity how he usually got pulleys off and he said he pried them off with a big screw driver or a pry bar.
I really only wanted a second opinion on that part before I go trying it myself, especially since the manual shows the use of a special tool to get it off.
Although auto parts stores most certainly wont rent you tools here, I'll still ask around the garages to see some other possible methods.
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