never thought about voltage regulation Andrew. all the warning lights are yellow there's no red ones , I needs to buy another one of the little plastic boxes the connectors all go into. as mine looks like is broken and someone has used silicone to seal it.
the battery is about 4 months old, 90% of the rest of the car is 155k miles and 14 years

just like a porn actress, her boobs are 4 months old but the rest is 25
stoves tip for the sledgehammer, place an axel stand about 6 inch from wheel same height as nut then use a long extension bar (1/2) inch place foot on axel stand holding bar in, then beat the crap out of it