Replacement T61 WiFi and Battery

Hey Thinkpadders,
The short version:
I have a T61 7662-CTO 14.1" widescreen, circa 2007. I live in Australia and am looking to replace my wireless card and battery - from local suppliers if possible.
The long version:
My wireless card has been flakey since the day I recieved my laptop. The WiFi card in my system is an Atheros 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter II (sorry i dont know the FRU). The card works most of the time BUT often does not wake up when I put my laptop to sleep. Occasionally it wont even work after a cold boot. The only way to get the wireless working is to reboot (sometimes more than once). Anyway this is extremely annoying. Originally I thought it was a driver issue. After four years, two motherboards and five operating system I am sure I just got a dodgy card and I should do something about it! What are my replacement options (preferably intel) and from where?
I would also like to replace my battery. It recently went from very low capacity to absolutely none. Now I cannot operate without AC for any length of time. The FRU of my battery is 42T5229. It is a 9 cell battery but i would like to replace it with the (cheaper) 6 cell equivalent. Where is the best place to get these? Are third party (non-lenovo) batteries dodgy?
Thanks all!
Hey, careful, man, there's a beverage here!

Hello,
For the Wi-Fi card, you will want to make sure you get a model with a Lenovo FRU on it to ensure it is whitelisted in the BIOS. From looking at this driver change log on Lenovo's web site, I believe the Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (FRU: 42T0865) will work in your model of T61 but hopefully someone who has a 7662-CTO model will confirm this.
As far as the other questions about the battery and a local supplier, I am afraid I don't have a good answer there, but I am sure some of the other forum members can reply with answers to those questions.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
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