Kohler Courage 149cc mower is winning. Need Advice

[jberzer]

I have a Craftsman Push Mower, with Kohler 149cc engine, it sat for two years and wouldnt start. I changed the oil, cleaned the carburetor, put new fuel in, and it ran fine. A week later, i went to start it, and it will not start at all. I pulled the carburetor again, cleaned it multiple times. I also changed the spark plug, changed the fuel again, and it still will not start.
I changed the spark plug because when i pulled it the first time, it was wet.
I am at a loss at what to attempt next. Does anyone have any suggestions or advice for me? It sounds like it wants to start, but just will not.

Thanks!

 

[BlazNT]

Dirty carb
Down and dirty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBL-BUj0c6E
More technical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAk_WDt3AD8

 

[MonkeyCam]

Sounds similar to what recently happened to me (see "Engine Won't Start After Compression Test" thread I started on this forum). If you don't want to read the whole thing, then just read my 1st post & then skip to the last page. Long story short, my ignition coil suddenly--& I do mean suddenly--went bad. What made it so hard to diagnose is that it didn't die completely; I still had a spark, but I figured out through a maddening process of eliminating everything else that it was an *insufficient* spark, enough to see it, but not enough to make the engine run.