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I am doing a complete rebuild of a 1986 Outrage 18. Rather than replace the thru hull ground wire and transom mounted zinc, I plan to bond the fuel tank fittings to the engine ground itself. I can't think of any reason this won't work. The zinc on the engine is far larger than the original and it eliminates another hole in the transom. Can anyone see a reason NOT to do this?

Bruce
1986 Outrage 18

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If you keep your Whaler in a slip it's hard to have too much anode material in the water. If you use a trailer it would probably do no harm. How often do you need to replace your engine mounted anodes?

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Boston Whaler eliminated the transom anode in the late 1980's or early 1990's and replaced it with a simple bonding system. It consists of a heavy gauge green wire connected to the fuel tank, fuel filler and battery negative.

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The only reason I can offer to NOT do it is to keep the boat strictly original.

The challenge is the anode and pressed wire are no longer manufactured so a replacement would need to be fabricated.

TMann is spot on.

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On my 1993 Whaler they used a 2" by 6" bronze Dynaplate on the transom to ground the fuel system.

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Yes - You will be fine with motor/battery ground...when we did the re-wire on the Outrage, that is exactly what we did.

There is a thread related to this subject...

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Thank you to everyone for their replies and input. Looks like the anode is gone.
Bruce

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Also...You may want to utilize the existing hole/pass through for wiring a transducer or transom lights etc...

Either way,make sure you seal it properly.

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Butch,
I keep the boat in a lift out of the water so anodes last forever

Jrz
Thanks for the suggestion, I will keep that in mind?

Bruce