Been a long time since I last posted 
I've upgraded over a year ago to a SB based MBP 15", but recently my father's older pre-unibody macbook pro needed a new fan and hard drive.
I cover the hard drive replacement in a video:
http://youtu.be/PU5mTBP3JIs
I figure most of these types of MBPs are pushing at least 4 or so years, so many will be out of warranty and will eventually need new HDDs.
I've since stopped working at an AASP 2 years ago, but this would've been how I did it.
I've upgraded over a year ago to a SB based MBP 15", but recently my father's older pre-unibody macbook pro needed a new fan and hard drive.
I cover the hard drive replacement in a video:
http://youtu.be/PU5mTBP3JIs
I figure most of these types of MBPs are pushing at least 4 or so years, so many will be out of warranty and will eventually need new HDDs.
I've since stopped working at an AASP 2 years ago, but this would've been how I did it.