If the head is off, and the liners (sleeves) already appear to have some play or looseness, I would strongly recommend
NOT to try and rotate the crankshaft as that could cause the liners to pop up out of the block and break their seals.
Miller makes a tool (MILLER LINER RETAINER VM.1076) to hold the liners in place which allows the crank to be rotated with the head off. Or, you probably could fabricate a homemade tool that would suffice for this purpose if you feel you must rotate the crank....
From page 9-222 of the FSM: "
DO NOT rotate the engine with out special tool VM.1075 in position."
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