I just disassembled my G3 iMac yesterday to replace the PAV board, and I heartily agree with the rant! Various and sundry bits of plastic fell out, connectors broke off, screws were difficult to get at, etc. It's back together now but who knows if it would hold together if I tried to move it.

As an aside to Coius, changing the PAV board did not fix my display problems as I described in the PM to you.