Been a while since I worked on a small block, but I remember that there are two different thicknesses for the half circle shaped rubber gasket that goes between the bottom of the cover and the front of the oil pan.
To get the cover that's made for the thicker one out you pretty much have to loosen some of the oil pan bolts toward the front and get the oil pan to move down just a bit. As you say, a bit of a pain. Brake cleaner and RTV to the rescue!
Small block is easy enough to turn by hand so you can feel if there's significant slack in the timing chain before you open it up. Summit has a good price on full roller, double row timing sets in their house brand. Made over here IIRC.
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