Dear jd620,
Hope you're well and stay so!!! I use an hydraulic bottle jack and a short length of 1" x 2" lumber (the board) cut to length. I use gasket adhesive to secure the gasket to the pump. I then emplace the pump, using the bolts through the oblong holes. I snug, but don't tighten those bolts.
I then position the jack and the board, so that one end of the board is flat against the pump's bottom. I then use the jack very, very slowly to raise the pump, until I can start the bolts, that go through the round holes.
This method frees-up both hands, so I can use one to keep the pump pressed against the block while I get all of the bolts into position and tightened.
Water pump installation is most easily done by a human with three or four arms!!!!
Hope this helps,
Yours faithfully,
Spook
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