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Take a picture of your distributor, distributor shaft, and your oil pump.... (and your engine bay in general, too). This might clear up some of the confusion.

I'd just pop the cylinder head off and replace the head gasket, and then try the compression check again. I seem to recall that these engines are bad about leaking around/blowing head gaskets. You should be able to see soot and maybe water where the head gasket is leaking if that is the case...

??? How would one change the valve timing on a T245? Do you mean to check the compression to verify that the valves are closing properly?

When it quit without warning, was the engine warm when it would quit? A dying coil will frequently quit working when it gets warm. (At least on some vehicles and tractors.) Have you checked and rechecked the timing of your distributor? Have you tried removing the air filter and have someone...