SR work - timing chain , etc

I’d like to see a front cover removed without pulling the head.
Seems impossible considering the top of the cover has two bolts that go up into the head and you can’t just pull it straight down since there are a few dowel pins. It would require prying the front cover outward to clear the dowels and then sliding it down on and angle to get the bolts out of the head. Seems like you would just end up destroying the cover. I may be wrong, just never seen it done.