spongy front (hand) brake

[nascarnuts27]

I'm not sure where to proceed, the front brake on my '85 LTD (108,000 miles) is spongy and I've bled the brake several times with no improvment. I rebuilt the master cylinder and that didn't help either. There are no leaks and the pads are about 1/2 worn. On first pull I can grip the brake lever almost to the handgrip, if I give it a half dozen pumps it's almost normal, but will return to it's spongy ole self. Any ideas?

[SIR tricky]

Still air in the line

Place a cloth under the banjo connection at the master cylinder, crack the bolt open a little, pull the lever and hold, snug the bolt, do it two or three times then tighten the bolt.

Also check the bushing on the lever it could be worn.