Mr. Nickleye, I see you are incognito. You are here but you don't show up in the who's online list. Must be one of those mod perks.
I think he meant a pic of the upper timing belt cover where you suggest cutting it in half. I personally wouldn't do that because of the fact that sand and crap will get in there and shorten the life of the timing belt tensioner. I'd rather just drop the coolant. But hey, to each his own.
I'm curious as to how the crank timing sprocket came apart like that. It's not really a washer, its a piece of the crank sprocket. Its a washer after it comes apart. I would have just gotten a new crank timing gear. I don't think this is a common problem, do you?