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Do yourself a favor and use one of these to fill the system with brake fluid:
Attach the tubing to the bleeder. Start with the side nearest the master cylinder by putting a few cc's of DOT5 in, then move to the other side and fill the master cylinder. With some fluid remaining in the syringe/tubing, bleed the left brake. Move to the right and bleed that side. You should have good brakes without all the grief. If you make the tubing long enough, you can bleed the brakes by yourself (I did).
If your front brake still feels spongy after you bleed it tape the brake lever halfway back and leave it overnight.
By morning you should have good brakes.
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