how do u check the fluid levels?

Mine has a screw on cap on top of the driver's console.  I never check it unless I get some slippage.  Then I remove the cap, rotate the motor slowly all the way both directions and fill it up.  Mine is 7 years old and has a minute leak somewhere that we can't find so I have to top it off a couple of times each year.

This should give you all the information you need to fill and bleed system. http://ww2.seastarsteering.com/PDFs/296784-AO.pdf  go to page 47.

Jig Man, check your cylinder where the rods come out, you will most likely find they are wet. If you wrap a dry rag around them, after several days you will see oil on the rag/s. To repair them you have to oder the kit that has two new ends for the cylinder and a wrench to change them. Kit cost approx $100 but is something you can easily install yourself. The only trouble is sometimes the wrench that comes in the kit is not strong enough to break the old ends loose. You can't just get new seals to go in the ends, you have to get the whole ends.

You can save a bundle also by going to you local county airport that has somebody that does aircraft repair and buy a gallon of the MIL spec fluid for just a little more than SeaStar wants for on little bottle of theirs.