Got it! Had to bend the top of the plastic end caps up and toward me
(facing the front of the machine). I thought I might break them but
they came off without damage. I've got the panel rotated up, now I
need to remove the switch wire from the clips underneath. I can see
that the plastic screw mounting holes for the switch itself are cracked
and consequently stripped. The screws were loose when I first saw them
and they could not be tightened.