Juice spilled all over keyboard 2 weeks ago

hello,
my friend spilled juice all over her 8 month old powerbookG4 15" about 4 weeks ago. She sent it to the computer repair shop and they sent it to Apple to repair, and the repair price tag was about $1350! So she said forget it, she'll just get a new one, the latest and greatest. SO now she gave me this sticky powerbook to fix and I'm wondering where I should start.
The keyboard is not functional, a few of the keys on the periphery work, but not really because they don't correspond to what is on the actual key (i.e. pressing the "shift" key shows the number "9"...it doesn't make any sense, and most of the keys don't do anything. It looks like someone started playing with it because the delete key doesn't bounce anymore and it is depressed a few millimeters below the rest of the keys.
I attached another keyboard to it and it works fine otherwise. The mouse pad and mouse button on the keyboard actually work, the button is just a little sticky on one side.
Should I take it all apart and use rubbing alchol to clean the keyboard? Do you think it is worth it, if it works with a peripheral keyboard? What if I damage the motherboard or anything else? Then the whole thing is a goner. Is it easy to take apart?
Should I run some other tests to check the health of this doused computer?
thank you...........

If it works fine except for the keyboard, IMO, you probably have a nice deal there. Forget about saving the keyboard. Just buy a new assembly (about $130), and save the old keycaps and scissors under each key to sell on ebay. They're worth $8 each. Follow the directions on ifixit.com for replacing the keyboard. It's not easy, but not too hard. While it's open, clean any other dried juice out with plain water, disassembling parts as needed. Believe it or not, most circuit boards are cleaned with water during assembly, then baked. Some parts are added afterwards and should be kept dry - if you don't know, keep it dry. Check the optical drive. Replacements are about $150. Sugar is death to electrical circuits - it corrodes them rapidly.
The reason these keyboards aren't easy to repair is that the electrical contacts under each key are inside a plastic sheet sandwich which is semi-sealed. Fluid enters the sandwich and is almost impossible to get out, let alone wash clean and get dry again.
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