[jzack]

Doesn't require major surgery. 4 screws for the radio support brackets need to be removed, then 6 screws holding the back panel in-place. Lift the back panel off CAREFULLY -- there are 2 circuit boards inside. The purpose of that little clear viewing window in the back panel is to allow (at manufacturing) the assembly of the rear cover and then the plugging in of the ribbon cable to a circuit board attached to the back cover. You CAN remove the back panel w/out undoing the ribbon cable, just be gentle -- the cable is long enough to allow for some movement.

If you wanted you could remove the clear panel to undo the ribbon cable first -- it's attached with some sticky type non-permanent glue. Would likely be best to heat the glue a little bit (blow dryer?) to make it easier to work with...