yes that washer is the stop, get it in backwards and the vent won't open grin the rubber around the top, front, bottom, wedges into a channel, the old hardened one will likely only come out a piece at a time, a softer new one isn't too tough to get in but it'll make the glass frame top pin a struggle to get back in place

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics