Blower not working

[Raeven_Zero]

I have an '87 Opel Senator B. Yesterday as I was leaving work I needed to kick on the defroster but got nothing. I checked the fuses and all of them seemed good though there wasn't one in slot 12 which from the diagram seems like it is for the blower motor. I shorted it across the slot and still got nothing which is what I expected since it always worked without a fuse in that slot. I thought I would test the wires running to the blower motor but I can't find it. Being used to my American trucks I expect it to be located near the passenger side front fender but it is not there. Can someone please give me the location of the blower motor and a likely cause of why it would work fine on the way to work but no longer work after work? Thank you.

Raeven

[hallgeir]

1. Take away the windshield wipers.
2. Remove the nuts from the wiper axles.
3. Remove the rubber gasket and the plastic cover, and there it is.

[GTJIM]

Senator B's tend to do this - the slider control in the dash works along a set of step resistors which fry themselves. The bad news is that they are waaaay in the back of the dash and a bear to get at ..... sometimes waggling the lever up and down stirs it back into life.
My '91 Senny B only runs full on - the lower speeds are FUBAR.

[Raeven_Zero]

It's just a 12v motor, right? Can I just run my own wiring and mount a toggle switch somewhere out of sight? I plan on selling the car when I move back to the US next month.