Backlight is out on my 3rd gen 32 gig

The ipod works like normal other than this, is this a hard fix?

Planb77..... Thank you for confirming that..... I guess the battery is shot. I do have a later version of ipod and am very happy with it, however I was trying to ressurect this one for use on my motorcycle.
How do I replace the battery.... is it easy to get the ipod apart w/o destroying it.... I would love to delve inside any way and replace the battery.
Can you or anyone help here and point me in the right direction to replace?
Thanks for the help planb77
Stuart

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