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You could set the pot so somewhere near the "get started" point, disconnect it, and measure the resistance between the wiper and each of the ends. Get a pot whose full range matches the "useful" range of your current pot. Wire the ground lead to the new pot in series with a fixed resistor of appropriate size. I've done this trick several times when kludging up new controls for salvaged equipment. Sometimes I've even added fixed resistors to both sides of a pot.
As for linear or non-linear response, I guess that would be something you'd have to figure out by careful measurements at a number of pot settings. Plotting the yellow wire voltage against RPM (assuming you have access to a tachometer) should tell the story.
Fixing startup error might be accomplished by adding a normally closed pushbutton between the pot wiper and the yellow lead. Hold the pushbutton momentarily when starting the motor. Or else, maybe use a spring return SPDT switch, with the yellow wire to the center terminal, the pot connected to the normally closed terminal, and the black wire paralleled to the normally open terminal.
PS - I took too long to write my response, so @brino beat me to it!
As for linear or non-linear response, I guess that would be something you'd have to figure out by careful measurements at a number of pot settings. Plotting the yellow wire voltage against RPM (assuming you have access to a tachometer) should tell the story.
Fixing startup error might be accomplished by adding a normally closed pushbutton between the pot wiper and the yellow lead. Hold the pushbutton momentarily when starting the motor. Or else, maybe use a spring return SPDT switch, with the yellow wire to the center terminal, the pot connected to the normally closed terminal, and the black wire paralleled to the normally open terminal.
PS - I took too long to write my response, so @brino beat me to it!