I don't know what the original components were since markings were painted over or rubbed off during manufacturing, but I drew out the schematic, went to engineering sites, found a very similar speed control and used the components from it, and it seems to work very well. While the board is a circuit board, treat it more like pegboard with solder bridges, use a sucker and wick to remove the devices, and a little wire to put them back.
Also check the wires from the board to the plate, they are soldered into rivets, then riveted to the board,
for the 3 legged device TRIAC (it was shorted) I used an NTE 5638, about 2 bucks at Frys or local electronics hobby shop. Just about any TRIAC would work as long as it is a few amps and over 200 volts. The diode looking thing is a DIAC, used to limit voltage to the triac. It will test open if good, shorted if bad, mine was open, but still bad. They are a pain to test without destroying them, and only cost a buck or two. The one I used is an NTE 6408 32 volt 2 amp.
I cleaned points while in there, and is running great for less than $5 and 20 minutes after I figured out what the parts were. Again these may not be the correct components, but they seem to work well.
fredharvey
August 2009