Does Time Capsule Work for Anyone???

I have a 3TB TimeCapsule and Mavericks on an iMac that about a year ago filled up and I had to restore from the backup (for reasons I forgot) and it royally screwed up permissions for files that I am still fighting.
About two months ago, I got some sort of window that said after verification TC was starting a new backup for my own good (thereby losing all versions of previous backups).
Today, with 1.59TB available out of 3 I got the error below, ran Disk Utility (it took over two hours with a huge History log) and apparently the TC disk is beyond repair and I'll have to reformat and lose all my versions AGAIN.
After the last mishap I occasionally backup my iMac to a 2TB external drive via SuperDuper.
It appears the weak link in my backup strategy is Time Capsule as it fails ALL the time and I have to start over
So, right now I trust it like a 5lb doorstop and I can do the wireless stuff with a much cheaper AirPort Express.
Is there anything I can do to get this doorstop back into reliable working condition (i.e. it started a new backup just two months ago)?
I've learned to live without recent versions because either when the disk gets full or during routine backups they aren't available with TC anyway.

apparently the TC disk is beyond repair
Correct.
Its hard disk can be replaced, with some difficulty. iFixit has instructions.

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