What am I Missing, Have to remove dash pod to change idiot light??

[meltedpanda]

so got the ol gal back on the road, everything feels sooooooo much better, but my brake light on the idiot light panel is out, so no big deal drop the lower cover reach up and change it --NOT, cant get to it, do I really have to push the pod out, perhaps even remove steering wheel! surely not, if that were the case everytime you had a light go out all non mechanical folks would have to head to the MB service center. Cant be -- what am I missing??