It never dawned on me to check anything for an overheating problem because I thought the battery had run down. I just dragged er back in and ran my other boat. It was the next day I discovered it was worse. I'll try Ebay for an esc, but something that old probably won't be new. Chances are it'll fry again. Who makes the Super Rooster? I know Tower Hobbies has a ton of esc's. Should I look there? Reguardless, I'm probably going to have to rewire the whole system, and get a new reciever too. It's got "G" (thats what my buddy called em) connectors on it now and nothing new will mach up. The steering servo is a laugh too. I pulled the control arm off, the shaft is square![X(] Thanks for your help Phil, Brian