John Deere L118 having problems

[John321]

I have a three year old L118 with a 20HP Briggs and Stratton engine on my John Deere Lawnmower. It ran fine in early November. I just changed the oil and the air filter and now when I tried to start it, it just turns over but will not start. It finally wore my battery down. Since it turns over but does not start, I suspect something may be wrong with the fuel system. The tank had a little gas left in from last November. In the past, I never had a problem leaving the gas over the three month winter period. I did not use a stablizer. Do you think I could just buy some new gas and fill the tank with new gas? Or do I need to put a new fuel filter on and spray something like a carb cleaner in the fuel lines? I am looking for something easy to do that will get it started. Thanks.

 

[Anonymous-0]

put new fuel in the tank, remove spark plug and give it a shot of carb cleaner in the spark plug hole, replace plug and start tractor. you need to make sure the choke is working, the cable may have slipped at the hold down.