Craftsman Platinum 7.25 Lawn Mower Won't Start --How to Clean a Briggs & Stratton Carburetor

I bought my Craftsman Platinum 7.25 190cc lawn mower from a local guy who fixes and resells used ones. It always seemed to be a good lawnmower, but the last few months, it would tend to run for a few minutes and then die. Contents in this video: 00:00 -Intro 00:46 -Troubleshooting: inspecting the mower air filter 02:07 -Troubleshooting: inspecting the Brigg and Stratton carburetor 03:39 -Troubleshooting: removing the Craftsman recoil starter assembly 03:58 -Troubleshooting: inspecting the spark plug 04:39 -Troubleshooting: compression testing the Craftsman piston and cylinder 06:22 -Spraying Seafoam Deep Creep into spark plug hole 08:58 -Removing the B&S carburetor 09:41 -Draining a mower gas tank 10:43 -How to fix a lawn mower carburetor 13:15 --cleaning the carb float bowl drain jets 17:51 -Carb is clean! 18:40 -Reseating the clean lawn mower carburetor 19:39 -Will the mower start? Yes! The Briggs and Stratton Platinum lawn mower motor wouldn't even start without having me spray starter fluid directly into the carburetor, and then it would stall out. I knew I would have to repair this equipment, or it wouldn't turn over for the rest of the summer! In this repair video, I show how to do a few things: how to test the compression of the Craftsman mower's engine cylinder, remove and clean the single spark plug, how to clean the Briggs and Stratton carburetor, and how to clean the carbon deposits in the cylinder head with Deep Creep by Sea Foam. All of...