Weirdly wired ceiling fan

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We just bought a new house and there was a ceiling fan in the guest room with no light kit. I bought a light kit from Home Depot -- seemed like it would be simple enough. Two wires even had a tag on them that said "Light" ... easy-peasy.

Hooked it up and flipped the light back on at the breaker and... no lights. I looked at it more closely and noticed the way the previous owner wired the fan and it looks weird. Looks like he bypassed the reverse-switch. In fact, I tried the switch and it just shuts the fan off.

I've diagramed the wiring (below). Any suggestions on how to rewire this? I'm not worried about the reverse-switch (as I never use that feature) but I need the fan to work (3 speeds) and the lights to work. Thanks in advance.

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If you can post the manufacturer name and catalog number, I'll look at it.

Clearly, you've spent time producing your drawing, and Thanks for that!!....but, a ceiling fan manufacturer name and catalog number is best.

Regards,
 
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If you can post the manufacturer name and catalog number, I'll look at it.

Clearly, you've spent time producing your drawing, and Thanks for that!!....but, a ceiling fan manufacturer name and catalog number is best.

Regards,
I appreciate that, but it came with the house and I just looked… I don’t see any branding on the fan itself anywhere. Short of just looking through hundreds of ceiling fan pictures, I’m not sure how to find that.
 
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Ok, well, I'll look at your picture some more to see if I can help.......
 

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