[jQuery] Newbie - trying to find and remove specific text but leave the html alone!

[jQuery] Newbie - trying to find and remove specific text but leave the html alone!


I have the following mark up that I want to remove just the text "This
is text I want to remove" but I want to leave the <td> in place and
expand its size. Actually I want to increase the size of the row
containing the text I want to remove. BTW I have no control over the
markup and there are tables embedded within tables.
I have been semi-sucessful with the following syntax:
$(".sub-section-row").filter(":contains( This is text I want to
remove)").text("");
However it removes the entire row and not just the text. I want to
remove the text and increase the size of the row and or the row below
it so that when I print it out I have room for hand writtten notes. So
my question is how do I find and remove specific text but leave the
surrounding html intact and how do I find rows or td's that contain no
text and increase their size. I am trying to increase the padding on
the tr class sub-section-row where there is no textual information.
Thank you!
Mike
Markup
<tr class="sub-section-row" valign="top">
<td colspan="10">
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1">
<tbody>
<tr class="sub-section-row" valign="top">
<td align="center">
<br/>
This is text I want to remove
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="sub-section-row" valign="top">
<td align="right">
<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>