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You can do it but you'll need someone to help you bleed the brakes.
First thing I'd do is make sure all the bleeder screws will open at the calipers. If so, you can proceed...if not, well.....
Get a turkey baster or some other thing to suck out the old brake fluid from the master cylinder. After doing that, fill with fresh DOT 3 brake fluid.
Have a helper sit in the drivers seat and start at the right rear caliper. Open the bleeder screw slightly and have your helper apply pressure to the brake pedal. Make sure your helper doesn't release the pedal with the bleeder screw open. Have him/her "hold" the pedal down until you've tightened the screw. Otherwise it will draw air into your brake system.
Close the bleeder and tell your helper to release the pedal. (You'll want to collect the old brake fluid in some kind of container.) DON'T LET THE MASTER CYLINDER RUN DRY OF BRAKE FLUID! Occasionally check the brake fluid level and keep bleeding the right rear caliper till it pumps out clean, fresh fluid. Go to the left rear caliper...do the same. Then the right front then the left front.
Again, Don't let the master cylinder run dry of brake fluid.
After you are all done, get some brake cleaner and spray down all the brake fluid that might have gotten on the calipers, pads, wheels, etc.
The key thing(s) is to flush out the old fluid, make sure the master cylinder stays full during the bleeding process, that your helper "holds" the pedal down until you've tightened the bleeder screw.
Do this and you'll be fine.
Good luck!
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