THANKS! Gas Hot Water Heater IS Replaced

Why are you heating water that's already hot?

Cold water cooler.......

Many people are going w the tankless these days and love them
Easy install also

yea but it's gas and I can do a lot but never messed with gas before...

who did the work?

I'll take a look at it now...

this is the original with the home built in the late 60's...

you can do it just seal the pipe good you can buy a gas detector to check for any leaks. The PSI on a gas line is very low like 1/4 psi

Do it yourself, it's simple. I recently changed mine

Rheem has been good for me in the last two houses.

Before trying to remove the old one, drain it. There should be a drain valve at the bottom. Hook a hose pipe and run that to a drain or outside. Close off the inlet valve and open a few house water valves to vent the water out the lines.
Close the gas valve and before disconnecting, check for a gas leak on the valve itself. Use a mixture like QT said. Once that is done, disconnect the gas line. That old, I would replace that line and the inlet/outlet water lines with flex lines. of course you will need Teflon tape too! If the tank is piped in with unions, good pipe wrenches will be needed along with a hammer and something to back it up. Hit the union a couple times to help break it free then use the wrenches to unscrew.

Inspect the vent exhaust pipe. That old, I would replace it. Cheap insurance.