2000 Craftsman LTX riding mower with a 17hp Kohler Motor model 917-272480?

I own a Craftsman riding lawn mower with a Kohler motor and recently while mowing my yard it just stopped running. No noises, no smoke just stopped running.

So after I checked the mower over I noticed that on the bottom of the carburetor bowl is a device called "Fuel Solenoid" it also has a wire coming out of it that runs into the main harness so it is obviously electrically powered. Anyways, I noticed gas was leaking from the solenoid and did not stop until the gas tank emptied out all the gas.

So, I went online to Sears parts direct and bought a new fuel solenoid, fuel filter and air filter and bought a new battery from walmart and I also checked and cleaned the gas cap to make sure the breather hole was not clogged. Installed the items and the mower started up and ran and I thought cool I fixed it.

one note about old solenoid, when I removed it to install the new one, the plunger on the old part would not move, the plunger on the new part moved up and down freely when I pressed on it. So I figured for sure the old part was surely bad and also the fact it leaked gas also.

So, I drove it around my yard for about 5 mins, when all of sudden it just stopped running as if it ran out of gas, But I filled the tank half way. So I checked everything again and noticed the new solenoid was very very very hot to touch but it was not leaking gas like the old one did before.

I tried to start the mower again but when I turn the key all it did was spin the motor over but did not start???

Need to hear from people with small engine repair knowledge and or Craftsman owners that may of had same problem and what was need to fix it.