Hey all. I just wanted to add my thanks for the right up and what I did for it. I used these bulbs from Radio Shack, but I wouldn't do it again.
12V Microlamps (2-Pack) : Microlamps | RadioShack.com
These are absolutely tiny bulbs, but the are the right brightness and do work. They are so tiny, that the leads are hard to work with. I cut up small sections of a WD-40 straw to insulate them. Otherwise, they'd bend and flex and contact each other. Since this was all I could get from Radio Shack, I'd recommend looking elsewhere for something larger, like the size of a grain of rice. I picked them based on current draw (60 mA) as a representation of brightness. In something this small, that ends up pretty bright. For something larger, I'd say look for 60-75 mA.
Anyways, it all went great with the write up. I never would have thought that I could pull the LCD screen off that easily and just replace the lights. I only takes a couple of hours and some solder. Hopefully it wouldn't that long with some larger leads on the lights. In addition to all in the write up, I'd highly recommend that you buy some solder wick (NTE SW01-5 #3 Green No-clean Solder Wick (5 ft.) : Solder Wicks | RadioShack.com), or a tiny, tiny drill bit. I couldn't find my wick, and didn't have a tiny drill bit, so that was a big slow down too.