Mower won't start

[sniper7]

If she likes the exercise she is more than welcome to cover over and mow mine. You bring her over and we will supervise from the front and back decks with beers in hand!

[Buff]

Take it to a shop that does small engine repair. If it's a Briggs & Stratton, it'll probably run just about forever. Never cared much for messing with Tecumseh engines.

The Sta-bil in the power equipment gas can is cheap insurance that you won't have to worry about your carbs getting gunked up.

If you take it to a shop to be repaired you're looking at least $50.00 plus parts to get it running at a small time shop, if you take it "good shop" like MAC in Loveland you'll pay more but it'll be right which equals more money. Most older used mowers are only worth $50 at the most so paying a shop to repair it doesn't make sense. C-list, or Habitat for Humanity is were I'd look or Sears has basic 21" push mowers for less than $200, depending on how much you have to cut these will do the job just fine and they do hold up. I have two Craftsman mowers one that's about 25yrs old (still runs good) and another I picked up a couple years ago because it had a bagger.
Fuel in Co has a bunch of additives which raises hell with season equipment like mowers, some say use Sta-Bil but I've never tried it. I drain the fuel tank every fall and run it dry. This way all of the additives that gum up the carb are gone and the methanol in the fuel doesn't dry up fuel lines and O-rings in the carb.

[earplug]

Drop the fuel bowl and drain out some fuel. Mine had water built up in the carburetor fuel bowl. Modern gasoline sucks with the ethanol mandate.

[USAFGopherMike]

Couldn't resist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-tCIRJH9p0

[Stone83]

Wait for the clearance sale on mowers this fall...

[rwg550]

I had same problem with Honda mower. Took it to Big Tool Box where they diagnosed and fixed a stuck intake valve.

[Great-Kazoo]

SO going to mid sept you ever fix the mower? ? ?

[UrbanWolf]

SO going to mid sept you ever fix the mower? ? ?

I took the spark plug out and let it sit for a few days, then i tred to start it again and it worked.