YES YOU CAN TURN THE ENG IN A CLOCKWISE ROTATION ONLY SO YOU DON,T JUMP THE BELT , BUT AS YOU TURN THE CRANK YOU NEED TO ROTATE THE CAMSHAFT ALITTLE AT A TIME ALLSO OR YOU MAY BEND A VLV, JUST TURN SLOW AND THEN THE CAM AND THEN THE CRANK UNTILL YOU ARE AT TDC ON THE CRANK AND THE CAM AND YOU SHOULD BE OK JERRY