I have thought about the oil getting too hot but it never seemed to be all that hot. The other thing is that I wouldn't have figured that the transmission would stop working because the oil is too hot. I know that the oil thins out when it gets hot but I didn't know that it directly affected the transmission pump, especially when every thing else works fine. I will definitly look into this before I spend a couple grand and I could be back where I started like you were saying. I really appreciate the help, I've worked around a gleaner C2 all my life but we just got the M2 and the only thing I know about the hydro unit is what is in the operater's manual about running the level 3_4 of the way back or forth or better to get the maximum performance.