It may be a year or 2 too late but if you live in the states you may be able to get these brackets/shelfs from your local home depot.
I remember this post from way back when, and have always kept my eye out for them.
You can get them separately....
oh wow your brave. I was too chicken too replace the fan on my macbook pro that I took it to a shop to do it. They charged me $40 for the fan and $60 for service. And ironically they screwed up the left speaker so I had to take it back for them to fi...
