Let's Fix My Toyota Mini Truck using Titanium!

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Episode 252 of Mike Finnegan's Garage is here and this time I'm not only working on my 1985 Toyota pickup but I've also partnered with Bling Sauce to give you a shot at meeting up with me in Las Vegas for the SEMA Show? What is the SEMA Show? It's that automotive aftermarket parts manufacturers, retailers and distributors annual trade show. It's massive and full of the latest and greatest gadgets for your vehicle.
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@R2debo_ Год назад

This is so much better than watching you open mail!😁😁

@Mike.hobbies Год назад

100%

@theglitch99 Год назад

👍🏼

@joshacollins84 Год назад

Agreed. I went away for a while because of that. I'm back now

@JoeB3477 Год назад

I enjoy watching him open mail!😂

@kbakeritsallaboutnobody.5761 Год назад

Thank you

@That_Ryan_Guy Год назад

You should add a air fitting to the new battery panel and tie it to the onboard air tanks. You can air up the truck without needing the on board air compressors or pre-fill them so the compressor doesn't need to work at start up.

@kevinklein959 Год назад

Or put a switch on the compressors and turn them on after you start the truck, that way you have the trucks charging system helping with the draw from the compressors.

@That_Ryan_Guy Год назад

@@kevinklein959 He did that didn't he? My thinking is that with them filled you are ready to drive. Since the truck runs rough at idle and parked long stretches it could spare a few extra cranking amps. Needed? No, just another backup idea. =)

@kevinklein959 Год назад

@@That_Ryan_Guy Yeah I hadn't watched the video that far yet. He did a good job.

@That_Ryan_Guy Год назад

@@kevinklein959 As always! But he needs to finish one project. 🤣

@nathansumerlin8391 Год назад

Was about to say the same thing,! An outside air would be and an easy way to take stress off the systems

@joshdarnell6207 Год назад

17's were huge in the early 90's..the new wheels look great 👍!!

@jordancouncil5583 11 месяцев назад

R.I.P. MINITRUCKIN!! Hearing the names involved with this truck, seeing it layout and the paint. Waiting on my subscription was life until taking sawzaw to vehicles became a thing. So happy to remember those times. Thank you.

@jonathanrudy1052 Год назад

One more idea I've had, since working in a semi shop with full airbrake/suspension systems, you could add a shop air fitting to the remote connections so you can manually fill the air tank from the outside, even with a little pancake compressor on an inverter you could get enough emergency air to lift the bags from the outside

@NightshiftCustom Год назад

I added a Schrader valve so can be filled up by any air pump or at a gas station in case the air pump was to fail use it all the time to air up the truck now when at home with a lock on chuck. works great!

@gcthrasherdfl Год назад

Dude, it looks soooo much better, with the 17's!! Great job!!

@StylinP Год назад

Wheels are MUCH better! My 90’s nostalgia is sufficiently stimulated!

@bouverscustoms1652 Год назад

I love that truck. I'm so pleased to see you doing something with it. I'm 49 and currently putting an S10 together. 90s mini truck style.

@joejoepop Год назад

Dremel with a little death wheel, or even a little metal saw wheel attachment is a must have tool for cutting plastics, you can sculpt in anything you want, use a lighter to clean the edges. I have mine on a flexible extension, which has been amazing for reaching difficult spots. I even threw a carbide bit in it and was able to clearance an engine block casting, with the engine in the car.

@rossobernuefemann5063 Год назад

He had a mill in the background

@jckf Год назад

Top tip: You can usually charge a battery via the terminal on the back of the alternator. This is how I do it on my 68 Elco where the battery has been relocated to under the bed.

@Nick-sv3yf Год назад

Charge it yes but not jump start it, the wiring isn't heavy enough.

@RobiinnNL Год назад

@@Nick-sv3yf wiring on the startermotor is heavy enough

@NightshiftCustom Год назад

@@Nick-sv3yf I have started my 6.0L LS off the alternator lug many times without a problem and that's with completely dead battery's

@16vSciroccoboi Год назад

@@NightshiftCustomyou're lucky you havent burned up a fuse link.

@NightshiftCustom Год назад

@@16vSciroccoboi They don't seem to have them on stock LS wiring haven't seen them since the 90's tbh lol

@AZTrucker Год назад

No joke I've been seeing more mini trucks from the late 90s and 2000s rolln around this last month and I'm here for it. Even saw a Forbidden Fantasy truck club in AZ I haven't seen around since then.

@adventuresaimless Год назад

Noooooo…… those 20’s are sick!! They look rad on that truck!

@rcarchaeologist Год назад

That ending is literally me everytime I detail my car. *thunderstorms and wind*😂

@SSThomas84 Год назад

LOL!!! Same

@jeffheins6624 Год назад

Box would have been perfect with a valve connected to the air tank for emergency fills, great content

@volvobrynk 7 месяцев назад

Yea such a good idea! And welding sockets, and matching cables. You twist in

@timmysheehan4380 Год назад

I hope these style trucks bring a come back, those paint jobs were the coolest and nobody does that stuff anymore

@gregyork9694 Год назад

My first mini truck was an 86 Mazda B2000, static lowered, with the always dear to my heart 15x10 KMC Hammers

@joseph.m.hodges Год назад

Mike I want to personally stop and take the time to just say thank you brother. This brings back so so many oldschool memories it's actually making me pretty emotional to be honest but all good vibes from awesome memories but hey man here to many more! Thank you man

@Skroggn Год назад

Mike says mini truckers don't narrow their axels , Dirt Head Dave says hold my beer. I was a kid into VWs when mini trucks were a thing . Glad you guys are doing this content its soooo fun!

@ripstitchupholstery Год назад

Great show as always . Easy foolproof solution for your air compressors. Install momentary switch and a latching relay for your pump power. Nothing happens when you power on the key, but hit the momentary switch and the relay powers itself to stay on and power your compressors. When you key off the relay will shut off. Foolproof 👍👍

@SMSCustoms23 Год назад

I absolutely loooove this truck! I had an 84 in high school. I miss that truck…long live the 90’s!!!!!

@steffanvanderkooi7325 Год назад

I'm so pumped about this video, I'm building a 1992 mazda b2200. Would love a video going over the truck , showing how some things are done . Thanks From Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

@jdfmfb03 Год назад

Puddin’s Fab shop on YT has 2 yrs of mini truck vids

@Hosebag87 Год назад

Small trick on welding those boxes, tack the corners near the flange and run the welds down hill, the weld will flatten out and have minimal penetration on the inside, love the content

@doyleleach4222 Год назад

Mike, I Absolutely love the mini truck and even more the Old School Tribal Paint!!!! That’s for doing something us older mini trucking guys can relate to and enjoy!!!! Keep up the Great content!! Love your attitude and out look on life!! Keep up the laughing and smiling, it is refreshing!!!!

@morrispenrod3120 Год назад

Sweet ride Finn. Reminds me of my friend's and their 13B powered Mazda 2200, and another guy's Izusu Pup back around 1990. I got a tip for you and your viewers. Almost everyone installs amps in their vehicles these days. Use a larger cable size than you really need. Install a ground block and a power distribution block. And providing you haven't shave the door locks and handles, you can hook you battery charger or jumper cables directly to those blocks on your amp rack. Of course a 2 gauge Anderson plug, behind the grill so you can access it without opening the hood, does wonders too. Keep on trucking Bro, you got this.

@JohnB-kc6ii Год назад

Mike is going to be so surprised when he discovers there is a Bridgeport behind him and all the things he can use it for, like cutting slots in plastic trim.

@Gtv6Racer Год назад

If he can remember which direction the handles go and not screw it up. 😂

@jondahl9826 Год назад

Man, I was looking forward to another Caddy build vid but then you go and hit me right in the soft spot with some mini-truck content. Well played

@crosbyworx7284 Год назад

Genuinely impressed with the self cutting zip tie!

@seanfritz1355 Год назад

Well sir. I'm glad I'm not the only person that detailed my truck in order for it to then end a drought. It never fails. But it looks good wet.

@joshacollins84 Год назад

Came here to say, those wheels are awesome and not small. The white ones were WAY too big for that truck.

@robertjohnson4784 Год назад

I love how enthusiastic Mike is about his Mini truck. I absolutely love it, and the wheels were definitely a better choice.

@pinsandscrews6459 Год назад

Thank you for bringing back the Most Amazing Memories of Post High school Memories I could have ever had.

@misterthegeoff9767 Год назад

My first job was installing car stereos in the 90s just like yours, for a UK auto parts store called Halfords. No training, 16 years old, they just let me loose on customers' cars. They didn't provide us with tools wither so we would take them off the store shelves, then try to put them back in the packaging and back on display when we were finished. Pro tip.

@beadblaster9508 Год назад

What a beautiful paint job. Love it.

@adrianz818 Год назад

Man i was thinking of selling my mini truck but i just fall in love with it every time i drive it .

@InnocentMiscreant Год назад

That ending almost brought a tear to my eye

@Tommy-B. Год назад

Can’t wait to see the tune up video getting those carbs sorted out.

@tonykemper8896 Год назад

This Truck is my absolute favorite in your fleet! I love the paint and those new wheels are perfect for the truck and the theme. what's next for it, fuel injection?

@ARSMITH36571 Год назад

Sunday morning coffee, Finnegan's & mini trucks. Thanks!

@mattg3971 Год назад

You’re cracking me up Mr Finnegan! I don’t have to tools to do it but there’s a perfectly good Bridgeport right behind you!!!

@Mik35959 Год назад

38:53 man. What a connection I didn’t realize we shared. I started as a wholesale automotive electronics tech. People now a days have no idea what it was like. Cars came with no ac, no cruise control not radios or speakers. And we did it on the dealers lot and we had to make due with what we had. Which bothered my ocd but I’ll tell you being forced to be creative like that really opens your eyes to how everything works. I swear it get a cavalier for a head unit and 4 plus antenna. My boss would hand me a head unit a piece of and plastic a handful of radio back straps but not all for the radio lol. He would use any size speaker we had in stock. So just because your door could fit a 5 1/4 wi stuffed in 4” two way speakers. In dealer lots I honestly cut roofs and installed sunroofs and reupholstered headliners. We installed afermartkket ac and cruise controls as well as full body kits it wa the 90z plus spoilers running boards remote starters window tint even full leather upholstery upgrade like katskins out of either my old car or a company mini truck we had tacomas. They were hooked up nice. But working like that either makes you a bad hack or it makes you the best installer snd troubleshooter! I went from cars to commercial cctv, security and fire alarm. It was so closely related to car stuff. Except for the running wires and mounting and cutting on walls. That elevate you to a legit master tech. I went from like 28k per year doing wholesale car audio dealt work to I stalling insane systems in biotech factories airports hospitals etc making at the time like 2007-2015 I made upwards of $125k per year all from car electronics. Unfortunately I was injured and forced to retired 😢. Im glad to watch all you do because it reminds me I can do anything. Except use my right arm as intended.

@picklefart Год назад

The old wheels looked REALLY GOOD but new wheels fit the vibe better. Right before you said they weren’t available I had the urge to try and buy those old wheels for no reason whatsoever

@stuartstogdill2406 Год назад

The old wheels were absolutely hideous and did not look good at all on the truck.

@br549200 Год назад

Those new wheels look like the wheels on my 14 Terrain with the chrome edition option.

@scottgshomewrenching1352 Год назад

Wait a second, your getting a SEMA truck ready to go with a realistic deadline? Not down to the wire, we gonna lose the shop if we don't finish. SEMA isn't for a few months yet isn't it?

@unknown_5925 Год назад

Been dying to see this old girl be revived and enjoyed again

@UKDrew Год назад

Had the same issue with my bagged mazda pickup Added a second battery with a split charge,no more issues :)

@mycosys Год назад

The one *_TRUE_* way to make a genuine 90s retro truck in 2023 - start in the 1990s Every car guy, every maker, knows the feel

@rockin86ranger Год назад

Pop the hood find a good ground then hook to the positive cable on the battery side of the starter relay. That will feed power to the battery through a cable that should be large enough to handle it and you should be able to to air the truck up and possibly start it. I’m not super familiar with Toyotas so I’m not sure how accessible that wire is but we use that method on a lot of stuff that you can’t get to the battery very easily.

@ike8236 Год назад

Makes much more sense, what doesn't make any sense is the isolation switch on the negative 🤔

@FATHERFORD Год назад

Love this truck...wish mini trucks would come back

@TxStang Год назад

They never left , still really big in lots of areas with a huge following

@mikemccabe7124 Год назад

those wheels look so good and time era correct vs the 20's.. I remember back then 17's and Centerline's, Boyd's and few others like Nichie bella's were a few of the popular brands that was the new BIG RIMS to have at that time then came the 18's for awhile

@morgatis101 Год назад

Ohhhh looking forward to watching this one , things have become a little slow in the finnegan realm me thinks , but I suppose you have had a lot on so you are allowed , onwards and upwards to the levels you have made us accustomed too 😊

@AlgorLangeaux Год назад

I would suggest evening out your bumper box installation by putting in an extra air chuck connector for your air bag compressor, on the opposite side of the bed from the battery terminals. It would give you the option of having remote air for pumping tires, OR to externally pump up your reserve tank when your battery dies, so that you can move the car around when you don't want to (or can't) start the engine.

@brienduarte1015 11 месяцев назад

When I was in The Marines, our vehicles had ‘slave cables’. Jumper cable clams on 1 end, heavy duty plug on the other that plugs into the vehicle. I think the 17’s are WAY BETTER ! Good job !

@Avi8tor857 Год назад

The easiest way to cut switches into plastic is to trim down a razor blade to fit in a soldering iron. Or hold a blade with vice grips and heat with a touch and cut through.

@HammerPowered Год назад

90's mini truck with 90's paint job needed those 17's. Era correct stuff for the win.

@QuietTom Год назад

I'll see you at dinner when I win that contest. Love the truck. God bless the 90's.

@boikoboletsie6733 10 месяцев назад

20:28 even the dog at the back had to run away when it popped 🤣😂

@adaml19 Год назад

Mate I swear I had a wetsuit back in the day with the same graphic as that Hilux 😅 Legendary 🍻

@JB_Royal_Ambassador Год назад

That's a legit Trapper Keeper paintjob!

@csj9619 Год назад

Dang man, I thought it was 1992 again! Reminds me of cruisin' around in my bros Nissan 720 minitruck bumpin' the Lanzar subwoofers.

@sb-st9ho Год назад

Mike, I know you say the 17s are small. When I lowered my 83 Toyota, I ran 14s with 185/60s. No airbags. Lowered and re-indexed the torsion bars and had 3 inch blocks in the back with the middle leaf removed. I feel you on the mini trucking on a budget. Cool ass Yota. Keep the videos coming!

@dirtlord5257 11 месяцев назад

Those new rims are lush. Works so well with the paintwork.

@grumpyguy8651 Год назад

Rain yes, but look how nice it beads up!

@John_Conner222 Год назад

Man I remember back in the 90s these things were everywhere and half the show at NOPI nats would be these trucks. Just about every car club had at least one or more of these things. Airbags didn't really take off till the early 2000s and everyone just slammed them on blocks, coilovers, or just cut the springs. It was not a fun time to be a police officer. From the Southlake Mall - AMC theatre strip all the way down to Atlanta Motor Speedway was nothing but mini trucks, mustangs, and hondas in various stages of dilapidation and bondo. Every intersection had burnout marks and someone was making 9 grand pulls with 150hp everywhere you went. The sounds of cheap high airflow intakes and even cheaper straight pipe exhausts filled the night air on the weekends.

@tanco2158 Год назад

The rain clouds were laughing at you the whole time...🌧️🌨️😅

@sporty196071 Год назад

Usually when I build a custom, I will will make certain things easy access, no. 1 the battery, fuses, alternator, starter, & wheels (LOL). I will never be as good as you, I will never have the budget, unless I hit the lottery, which I don't play, so I would have to find a winning ticket. You are one of my favorites to watch, and all your projects are the best.

@jerrydespaltro4023 5 месяцев назад

Your Webers have a plugged idle jet. The 17's make the truck, love it!

@brianlafollette7530 11 месяцев назад

Georgia weather shows up! Who would have guessed

@jeremyb4493 Год назад

Every time i see that mini truck paint scheme it reminds me of my middle school Trapper Keeper design😁

@FlyingHammerForge Год назад

The irony of that beautifully painted mini truck siting in the rain while that turd or a charger is in the garage 😂. That’s how it goes sometimes.

@ThePalikka85 Год назад

The wheels are just right👌 i'm born 1985 and that look is right..... 😊

@danielrich3188 Год назад

That box looked excellent. I would've added an air fitting to prefill the tanks with shop air in an emergency situation.

@garyseaton4619 Год назад

Those new "old school" wheels look great... Now you'll fix your stuff, make her happy and running well...

@JonesingUSAF Год назад

Man does this make me miss mine! I had a 93’ on bags and 18’s in high school. Single cab, 5-speed, and a bulletproof 22RE!

@darylcarter2734 Год назад

The music is fantastic dubbed over fab work ….. well done !

@stevenrobertson9583 Год назад

When I was in the Army, we called that, field expediant! Using what you got to get it done NOW! LoL 😂🤣🤪😎

@bobbyborba6460 Год назад

Thanks for the video!!! Brings back the memories of me and my roommate in 87. I had a full size and he had a mini. We tllt bedded the mini in the garage, 4cyl with two dellortos.

@davidjohnson8474 Год назад

Mike thank you for the stickers! I got them today! Your truck is awesome! Can't wait for WING ATTACK I saw in background!

@williamtheadventurer8048 Год назад

Brings back alot of memories

@charliewilliams83 Год назад

The nostalgia is real watching this

@deanthurman9787 Год назад

The episode I’ve been waiting for perfect wheels for that truck !! Now when your done with semi come to a day to remember that Saturday

@paullmight42 Год назад

8:40....depending on timing, enough to create a "Falling Down" moment haha

@douglasreynolds1394 Год назад

Those wheels rock with that paint job.

@twizted1toyz Год назад

Yesss! Finally. Loved it! Minitruckin . Wheels look great! Paint looks killer

@GTFour 8 месяцев назад

Gosh darn that is the coolest paint/mini truck ever

@mccrackenphillip Год назад

My aunt's 85 Ext cab 22R 5 spd 100% stock 110k sometimes started right up maby 2nd try. Here in the Inland empire California. P.S I like the paint job reminds me of my childhood in the early 90s.

@sogood4u489 Год назад

Looks like the Daytona got a lot of work done can't wait to see it.

@aserta Год назад

Two mods you need. 1. Outside fitting to lift the truck. Super easy mod, you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't. 2. When you park it, you should have 4 mini-stands that you can throw under the car so it doesn't rest on the stops, which in air systems is never good. For your welding skills, this is a weekend project.

@Kyle_Nelson Год назад

I love the 90's too! When I did the interior on my C10 I had the shop order up gray tweed which the shop owner said he hadn't done in many years haha

@robbieheath5894 Год назад

The painted interior trim giving series flashbacks.

@draggonhedd Год назад

This is 100% my favorite vehicle of yours, bar none.

@joecollins4368 Год назад

Should make a box on the other end with air compressor connection to the air tank so you could fill the air system also if you would need to

@wdixon27 Год назад

would be easy enough to just add another fitting to that box, use a female like a normal air hose connection, could actually plug in and use truck air for tools (likely would never happen) but it also it seals without adding a valve, jack into it to air up truck with a double ended male

@builtbybo22 Год назад

Man....That paint job really POPS after the secret sauce! Pretty cool! #BuiltByBo

@robertsilva5041 Год назад

It was at that moment, he knew, he f#@ked up 😂. Been there done that. I've left my keys in the fridge and tore the whole shop apart, looking for them.. I eventually found them after getting thirsty looking for them. Sweet baby Jesus. 😂 😂 😂

@theglitch99 Год назад

When the key is on do the air compressors run?? 😂😂 Nice unit!

@scottmcelhiney323 Год назад

Nice job, looks great... love the bit of fabrication and rewiring.

@Toneloc33 Год назад

My brother had a taco same body type. Light yellow color I had a T100 I miss that truck. This video brought me back just hearing that door 🚨 Rims look awesome!

@ToledoDIY Год назад

That think is so clean! Love that era Toyota pick up!

@jglover1979 Год назад

You could have ran a wire from the battery cable at the starter up to a bracket with those same remote posts and kept it all under the hood. Ground jumper to the engine block. Just a thought. Love the truck though. Keep minitruckin' alive!

@dominich-ju6pm Год назад

In the future a second battery under the hood with a $100 charge regulator would be the cats ass. I had similar in my truck with a camper and it would isolated the starting battery and allow the alternator charge it and when full would switch to the second battery and charge it. Bad ass mini truck!

@roryfields268 Год назад

please keep the mini truck show coming I love it I am a mini trucker from the store 80i have and 86 Mazda B2000 need to have the truck redone but please kept coming