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I'm trying to install an electric motor for windshield wipers on my 1953 Chevy truck. I found a video on Brothers web site but I cant tell any thing from that. Does any one have a picture or a clear video on how its installed.

What kit are you using?

Depends entirely on what you bought, where you bought it and what you got. There are some conversions which come with brackets that must be bent slightly to fit, some in my opinion which are lacking one support bracket and some others which I really couldn't tell you squat about. If you got the most common kit, here is what I'd say the sequence ought to be:
1. remove the speedometer, radio and speaker including the trim pieces. You can do the job with these in place but if you have hands the size of mine, it won't be fun. Then remove your outside wiper arms and set those aside.
2. remove the spring clip holding the linkage system together
3. remove the old wiper motor
4. install new wiper motor on the same wiper bracket (2 screws) as the original vac motor and you may or may not have the additional support bracket, also
5. now before you install your old wiper arms (linkage arms) turn on the new motor after connecting positive 12v to the red wire on the switch, the yellow wire to the slow speed tab of the switch, the white wire to the fast speed tab and the green wire to the park tab. This is to be certain your motor is grounding properly.
6. now install the linkage arms to the motor using the spring clip (same orientation as original) and turn on to slow speed. If you see anything binding or acting funny, you can adjust the motor...there is a screw on the mounting plate which lets you do this. Adjusting the motor should correct any problem you might have (alignment)
7. when the thing is working smoothly at both speeds, install your wiper arms on the external shafts so they sit just above the level of your windshield rubber (when your wipers are in the off position, that is)
Good luck...this isn't difficult at all if you think it through logically. I'd avoid any of the YouTube videos. I haven't seen one that didn't look like it was made by dumb and dumber.

I bought a motor from LMC because it said 6V/12V and I was going to go 12V some day. Turns out there wasn't a 6/12 switch on it. It could just tolerate both but I had to use resistors to slow it down. even when I was at 6V.

To back up a bit, when I got it installed, the outside arms were wacky. This was some time ago and I wish I had taken video but I didn't. I adjusted the motor all I could but laying down and staring at it for some time told me one of the inside arm linkages was too short. So I got brave, cut it and made a piece with adjusting slots in it. The picture shows the result. Some might say I was too dumb to properly troubleshoot the motor position but it works nicely and I'm happy.

This one works well and is the same seller I bought mine from (circa 2017): https://tinyurl.com/y5vrx8u3

It has the right brackets, however one must be bent slightly if your truck is like mine (not a difficult job at all). The hub on this one (the part the inside linkage arms connect to) is made so that it is adjustable in two places...even though as I recall the instructions you get only mentions one adjustment. Good luck.

Back a few years ago I purchased my new wiper motor from Newport Engineering and it was was jam up. I ordered it for my 52 panel and if My memory is correct I used one that had the right bracket , or something like that, and it did not interfere with the chock cable.......i know you have already purchased one but it may be worth looking at if you need.

....it was made by Newport engineering but in actuality I it came from JimCarter at the time.

Just FYI

That's a pretty impressive tribute to your Dad. Truck isn't bad either!