DAY4-Tested the press in key "choke" procedure last night. Turned key
on, and pressed in - sure enough there was a "click" sound going on
back at the motor.

The boat is still on the trailer right now and am assuming the auto
choke is working flawlessly (now that I know how to use it) and will
fire it up this weekend in the water.

Regarding the gas octane I do have the 79 Johnson Javlin 100hp
operating manual the previous owner gave with the deal. I'll read up
about the octane info and see what that says too. I always ran preimum
in my weedwackers(2cy), and lawnmowers(4cy) equip and for me anyways,
they seem to start fast, and run good with the good stuff. Based on
that I loaded the boat with premium thinking it would help at startup.