Question Doc. Can the job be done by loosening the crank rather than dropping it?

I know on some older large displacement American V-8's I could do a two-piece rear seal by removing the rear main and loosening the rest of the mains, which allowed the crank to drop just a fraction. This was enough to push out the upper half of the old seal and slide in the new one. Setting the ends of the seal at 8 and 2 rather then 9 and 3. Would that work in this case?

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