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My solenoid isn’t located on the starter so it doesn’t have that lever inside. Not sure how mine works.. It is a good distance away. It’s an old girl. But yes I tried taking power directly to the starter and I don’t hear anything - no spinning at all which made me think it was the starter...

For some reason the forum flipped the picture so the solenoid in the picture as shown is at the bottom left. Just a portion is captured

They are bolts. Also attached is a picture of my motor. The solenoid is separate from the starter. You can see just a piece of it in the upper left of the pic. I tried to engage the starter by bypassing the solenoid with jumper cables, going directly from battery to positive and neg on...

Also found this picture that has the starter removed. Makes me think it should come off without anything else needing removed...?? Thoughts?

I believe the starter went out on my Detroit Diesel 3-71, model 3055-C. I took the cables off and got the three bolts out that hold the starter in place. When I try to slide the starter back and out of the pocket where it engages with the flywheel, it doesn't seem to have enough room to get it...