[V8] Oil pan gasket - Tips?

[Jeremy Ward]

OK, there is an oil leak near the oil filter and that corner of the oil sump 
pan looked pretty wet, so I bought a new OEM paper gasket (~$30).
 Any tips for installing it? Do I need to 'wet' it with anything? Fresh oil? 
I assume you want to torque all 599 bolts in a cross pattern, eh?
 The other source of the leak could be the oil filter itself. Remember when 
I 'double gasketed' the last one? I suppose I could have buggered up that 
oil filter gasket and it never made a good seal... I will chance the oil at 
the same time and hopefully between the 2 new bits, no more oil leaks ;-)
 I also picked up an RPM sensor for a 5ktq for under $100 (thanks for the 
tip Tony!); hopefully no more hot start problems either.
 TIA for the answer to the gasket question.
 Cheers,
 - Jeremy