When I worked as a mechanic we got caught a couple of times with old dungers where we bleed the brakes for the first time in years only to have the owner ring back a couple of days latter to complain the brake pedal was long or going to the floor. To get round this we use to put a piece of timber between the brake pedal and the fire wall so the pistons in the master cylinder didn't travel the full length of the bore and seals didn't get cut up by the junk that had accumulated over a long period of time. But if you plan to stay in the car scene I'd pay up and get one of the vacumn bleeders that are powered by compressed air as you can bleed the brakes solo. I always find that you end up with a better pedal using a vacumn bleeder than doing it by pumping the old fluid through with the pedal. There a god sent when dealing with cars with hydralic handbrakes!

Anthony