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1) Seeing that they had no problems with this unit, is it worth fixing the top (is it good for another 4 or 5 years?)?
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It's impossible to say when something will break. It has an electronic control board ($167) that may go tomorrow or last for another 10 years. As far as the rest of the range, there is nothing complicated or expensive in there. The oven igniter might fail within a year or two, it goes for about $40-$45 and takes 5 minutes to replace. If you decide to buy a new range, after the warranty period's over you'll be in the same position you are now (broken top aside).
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2) can someone who is fairly mechanically inclined replace this part fairly easily (it only seems to involve two side screws on the top, the vent cover screws, and the pans which have 2 screws each as well)?
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It's a big glass thing that's not cheap - most people are afraid to deal with the replacement, however it's really not that difficult. One thing I want to mention is you'll have to remove the drip pans and the burner caps. Each drip pan is held with two small screws. Those screws are sometimes baked in there and might break when you put a screwdriver to them, so be prepared to possibly having to drill some of the old screws out with a small drill bit and replace the broken screws (if any). Doesn't happen every time, but it happens.
We sell the new top for $218 (out of stock, will take 1-2 weeks to get).
See breakdown diagrams and parts.
Hope this helps.