Hi all,

yes Kye I realise it's a rare mower brand (if not type). I'm not going to destroy it so don't worry. In the meantime I'm going to do a bit of learning with it. Sorry I didn't pick a 'common' type for you! If I can't do it justice I'll hand it off to someone who can.

The photo Gadge directed us to was instructive. I was wondering why the Eric Anderson had a much better lower half to the engine plate and it didn't change when I degreased it (unlike the previous, see the link in Gadge's post)- The lower half is a template sticker over the original plate.

I've taken some more photos (below) in different light and was able to see more letters from the original half. You can also see the peeling edge of the sticker around the right rivet with some remnant red ink/paint. I 'enhanced' the photo and can confirm it is similar to what was said before, no doubt a standard plate you've all seen before:

LAUSON
(4?) STROKE PETROL ENGINE
MADE IN AUSTRALIA UNDER LICENCE
MODEL No SERIAL No
Model No, Serial No,
Instructions etc.

The sticker leads me to wonder what was written underneath? There's no change of oil company recommendation from Gadge's photo link, so unless the plate itself had a different info/company then likely someone has changed the oil specs/info. The sticker also appears to be there in Cyberjack's 1961 photo above. Or maybe they were just updating a set of older plates to a newer spec. Either way, the recommended oil is a SAE 40 instead of previously SAE 30 (unless the sticker had been removed sometime before Gadge's linked photo...).
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Cheers,

Patrick