Sure. On the bottom side of the fuse panel is a screw holding it down.
Remove the screw (the will allow the fuse panel to move.) You should
now be able to wriggle things a bit and get the cover to go up.

The cover is probably catching on the relays at the top.

Had this happen just the other day on my 91.

On Thursday, May 8, 2003, at 01:12  PM, Jay Roth wrote:

> Ok...simple question:
>
> I have located the fuse panel on my '87 Westy BUT the cover reFUSES
> ("punny," eh?) to open on the left side. As brittle as the plastic
> seems to
> be, forcing it puts my teeth on edge thinking I'm going to crack the
> entire
> cover. What little forcing I mustered caused the rotating cover to hit
> the
> stationery dashboard and has carved an abrasive pattern in the cover.
> It
> opens so little, as a matter of fact, that I cannot even see any fuses
> without lying on the driver's side floor. Any suggestions?