Getting at water heater anode AO Smith ECT40-200
The anode rod was under the hot water pipe.  Getting the water heater nipple off was tough (to say the least) I bought some black pipe and a 90.  I drilled a hole through the nipple and the 90 and put a thick (forgot what size) bolt through and used the pipe as a really long breaker bar.  (You're going to need new bits for this. I wasted an absurd amount of time drilling with old ass bits making literally no progress before I bought some new bits which cut through like butter) With that setup I got it about an eighth of a turn which was enough to switch to a pipe wrench and channel locks.  I put the new anode rod where the t&amp;p valve was and put the t&amp;p valve on the front.