My battery is dead on my 3rd gen iPod with dock connector.....Is there a way to kick start it...before this it was fine in all depts??

Hi everyone...my battery is dead on my 3rd gen iPod with dock connector.....Is there a way to kick start it...before this it was fine in all depts??
i have done all the usual 5r's but it is totally dead.... I need to jump start the batteruy some how... can this be done??
Cheers
Stuart

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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