With the case stripped and a new LED purchased, the fun begins!

The only major changes to the case are outlined in rectangles. The metal chassis was milled down to match the height of the bottom of the disk entry area on the black front plate. This lined up well with our Apple SuperDrive (pulled from a MacBook Pro)

The wood block was added for support underneath the SuperDrive

The rails fit nicely around the SuperDrive when re-installed

A new LED was purchased and soldered to the LED connector from a 2.5" USB to SATA board, and then inserted snugly into the front of the case (may not be necessary if your LED lights up well)