The best way is to get a kneeling stand such as is sold by Johnnie Woods. It fits over the ZF so you can reach over the engine supporting youreslf by the elbows. Unless you have extremely long arms, this is your only choice for working on the carb, throttle linkage/cable or the distributor. A poor second is a piece of cut plywood to fit over the ZF, or a thick mover's blanket. Both can damage the ZF vent tube. With any platform, be careful of feet contacting the rear brake hard lines- they can be inadvertently cracked.
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