Beat to Death ... MBP Can't Burn Disks ... Mounting and Playing NP

I've been reading these posts for years and now it's my turn. My MBP has a MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J and just recently burned it's (apparently) last disk.
The posts I've read suggested two possible 'fixes' neither of which helped. One was blowing air through the front and the other was to run a cleaning disk. Oh, one other suggestion was trying different media. I'm using Taiyo Yuden (Silverback) disks, from what I could find these were supposed to be the 'best'.
Does anyone have any other suggestions - other than 'toss it'? LOL, thank you.

LOL - my normal voice scares most, so yelling should get a little optical drive going.
I have tried the cleaning disk (repeatedly). I think I would replace it if I thought it was within the realm of my capability. Do you know of a 'how to' anywhere? I know there are about 15 screws holding the case together, then there's a 'tape' situation as the halves come apart ..... know this from watching a tech get in to one once .... dealing with the 'taped' portion was tricky.
I really miss the optical drive as I do most of my work on the MBP - now I have to transfer to my old Sawtooth for burning.

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