Inspiron 1520 repair help

My laptop took a nasty fall when it was open. It still works fine, but one of the hinges is now broken... not only the plastic part, but the metal hinge is cracked in half too. I am worried if I keep opening and closing it, it may eventually do damage to my LCD screen. I'm sure Dell will charge me a ridiculous amount of money to fix it, so I was going to have a computer savvy friend do it for me. Does anyone know what the part(s) I need is called and where I can find it. Also any directions to fix it would help so I can tell my friend exactly what to do.

Thanks!

 

http://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=4255

Black lid with hinge assembly for $45. That site has the same part in other colors as well, so if you have red or blue or other color lid, you can get a replacement.

EDIT - I just noticed, they have just the hinges, separate from the back cover assembly as well:

http://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=4348

 

Yes! I think that's exactly what I need. That is much better than the "couple hundred bucks" the Dell guy said it might cost to fix it. Jerks.

Thanks!

 

Any time.

 

Also, service manual:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1520/en/sm/index.htm

More specifically:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1520/en/sm/display.htm#wp1179838

You can also buy the part on eBay if you want to save a few bucks:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dell-1520-Back-...QQptZLHQ5fDefaultDomainQ5f0QQsalenotsupported