or my search-fu is too weak.

I don't think that is the problem. I searched Google with a number of different terms and couldn't find much. In fact, what kept popping up were your posts on this and another forum.

I did find one tiny little tidbit out there, though. It's a very basic description on how to remove the keyboards from certain series Acer notebooks. Hopefully yours will be similar enough. You'll find it under the heading "Replacing Acer Keyboards" part way down this page: http://briandesmond.com/blog/archive/2003/09/23/205.aspx