i know this is simple, but what method are you guys using to install the water pump gasket? are you sticking it to the pump then mating it to the engine or sticking the gasket to the engine first?

reason i ask, is i managed to F up my first attempt by sticking it to the engine first. turns out it twisted on me when torquing the bolts down, ripped and leaked right off the bat.

thanks for the help guys