Hunter ceiling fan problem

| A neighbor broke the pull chain switch in his Hunter ceiling fan. The | switch has 4 positions, low, medium, high and off. He decided to try | making the repair himself so he went to a hardware store and somehow got | the right switch. He then took the old switch out along with the capacitor | block that provides speed control. When he couldn't remember which wire | went where, he called me. Does anybody know where a print can be had for | one of these beasts? He doesn't have the paperwork that came with the fan, | nor does he know the model number. I am hoping that the various models are | enough alike that I can get some general information to help him out.

How many wires are we talking about?

Do you have an inductance meter?

snipped-for-privacy@ipal.net wrote in :

The switch has 3 wires, a black, a red and a blue. I think the black is common. There are 4 positions on the switch, determined by the number of times the chain is punned. From the off position, the first pull connects the common and the red. The second pull connects the common to the blue. The third pull connects the common to both the red and blue. The capacitor block has 5 wires. At one end there are two grey wires, then there is a space then 3 more wires, a green, a brown and a red. There is printing on the side of the block. The top line reads "YCE". The second line reads "10MFD/5MFD/250V" The third line reads "GY/5R/5BR/5GR". THere are two leads that appear to go to the motor. I don't recall their colors, but one appears to go directly to the motor and the other goes through the reversing switch. I am guessing that they are using the capacitor as a reactance to drop some voltage to the motor, or are they messing with the phasing of the power fed to one of the windings to slow the motor down by throwing the cap into the circuit? Sorry, I do not have an inductance meter. Most of my test gear is for radios and other elctronics. Thanks for your help.