Help with no headlights. 1974 scamp. Blinkers come on instead...

RedFish said
You don't need to pull the entire inst' panel to R&R the headlight switch.

I took the philips screws out, and it had almost zero wiggle room. I see i can get the switch plug off, but dont see how i could change it with an inch of clearance. What am i missing?
Thanks for the enlightenment. New at this