Mushy brakes 4 life...

I have never bench bled a MC in my life. ...
Long post, but I still suspect this is a problem. Watch youtube's. It can take 50 pedal strokes to sweep all the air bubbles out. I always "bench" bleed w/ MC installed in car, then I can use the pedal and don't worry about fluid dribbling out when connecting the car's tubes. Might get a small air bubble at each port, but that doesn't go into the MC and gets swept thru in bleeding the corners. That is one reason the tube ID is so small.