"i reject your reality and substitute my own" - adam savage. i suspect my final words maybe "well shit, that didnt work"
instead of perfection some times we just have to accept practicality
the coolant galleries for the pilot and main are interconnected. i would guess some thing has rusted through. rebuild the pilot or ditch it and blank the ports off it may be a idea to add a couple of air bleed valves to the blanking plate for coolant galleries
be ware of stuck piston rings if the machine has sat and it had seized the rings could be stuck too.
check the exhaust tube for the pilot carefully as they can rust out very easily inside the main intake manifold and dust your motor.
i would change all the fluids just to be safe. oil does absorb moisture and coolant looses its protective qualities over time.