Chip,back to the thrust washer?Why is your engine the only one that needs the washer?I asked some guys who worked on 235's back when, no one could remember a washer or a problem because of the lack of the washer.How's many here with 235's have that washer? Please, all Stovebolters ,pull that distributer now, look down into the hole of horrors, is there a thrust washer?Did it just fall into the oil pan when you pulled the dist?