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Twano - 20 Dec 2004 14:18 GMT

Is Jeff Singleton's site still there? I went to it about a month ago, but
now I'm getting a "403 access forbidden error"
The url that I bookmarked and always used to work is
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~singletn/exp.html

Thanx

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CharlieB - 20 Dec 2004 16:37 GMT

> Is Jeff Singleton's site still there? I went to it about a month ago, but
> now I'm getting a "403 access forbidden error"
> The url that I bookmarked and always used to work is
> http://www.glue.umd.edu/~singletn/exp.html
>
> Thanx

Looks like it is gone. IIRC Jeff was at school (notice the domain was
umd.edu). I guess if he left the school the site was taken down.

Charlie

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Anthony Giorgianni - 20 Dec 2004 16:59 GMT

Ohmygod!

:O(

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> > Is Jeff Singleton's site still there? I went to it about a month ago, but
> > now I'm getting a "403 access forbidden error"
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> Charlie

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Twano - 20 Dec 2004 22:56 GMT

I had a feeling that this may have been the case. His site was one of the
best sources of Explorer info. I know it saved me alot of money and
headaches.
It be great if Jeff could be gotten ahold of and was willing to let someone
host the site. Hopefully he had all the files backed up somewhere.

Twano

> > Is Jeff Singleton's site still there? I went to it about a month ago, but
> > now I'm getting a "403 access forbidden error"
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> Charlie

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Mike Iglesias - 21 Dec 2004 04:24 GMT

>I had a feeling that this may have been the case. His site was one of the
>best sources of Explorer info. I know it saved me alot of money and
>headaches.
>It be great if Jeff could be gotten ahold of and was willing to let someone
>host the site. Hopefully he had all the files backed up somewhere.

I'm trying to get ahold of him. If I don't hear from him soon I may try
asking UMD for a copy of that part of his web stuff. I doubt they'll do
it without his permission though.

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Mike Iglesias - 20 Dec 2004 17:07 GMT

>Is Jeff Singleton's site still there? I went to it about a month ago, but
>now I'm getting a "403 access forbidden error"
>The url that I bookmarked and always used to work is
>http://www.glue.umd.edu/~singletn/exp.html

I contacted UMD about it - he's left the University, but they said his
email was still being forwarded so I sent him an email on Dec 13th
asking about it. I have not received a reply. I am willing to put
it up on a web server here so it would still be available.

If you want to try sending him an email too, the address is
singletn@glue.umd.edu.

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dr bob - 22 Dec 2004 01:41 GMT

Hi Mike--

I noticed this about Jeff's website a few days ago too. I have a lot
of the original stuff in archives somewhere, including the whole
mailinglist file stuff that preceeded this usenet group. There's a
big gap in my archives from about 1996 to present, but google has all
that available now on line. Don't really know what I would do with it
all, but it's here someplace on CD's.

Note that Jeff's website had not been updated in over a year, maybe
two. Jeff's spare time was spent doing some grey-area stuff for the
governement last time we swapped e-mail. He kept the school account
since it was free to him, but he hasn't been on staff at UMD for quite
a while.

And for those who are interested in some other things...

My '92 XLT is about to move on to its next life. 192k, still on the
originall engine (runs fine) and the original trans (getting tired)
but still gets around just fine. Replacement will probably be a Lex
RX-330 or something else from the ultra-reliable Toyota family. Still
have the 928 and drive that as often as I can get away with it. Need
a 4-pass ride that's better for hauling upscale clients. That's
pretty much the task that the Explorer filled for a lot of years, BTW.

Cheers, and happy holiday wishes to all!

dr bob

>>Is Jeff Singleton's site still there? I went to it about a month ago, but
>>now I'm getting a "403 access forbidden error"
>>The url that I bookmarked and always used to work is
>>http://www.glue.umd.edu/~singletn/exp.html

>I contacted UMD about it - he's left the University, but they said his
>email was still being forwarded so I sent him an email on Dec 13th
>asking about it. I have not received a reply. I am willing to put
>it up on a web server here so it would still be available.

>If you want to try sending him an email too, the address is
>singletn@glue.umd.edu.

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Mike Iglesias - 22 Dec 2004 07:12 GMT

>My '92 XLT is about to move on to its next life. 192k, still on the
>originall engine (runs fine) and the original trans (getting tired)
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>a 4-pass ride that's better for hauling upscale clients. That's
>pretty much the task that the Explorer filled for a lot of years, BTW.

My Explorer moved on last weekend. I now have a Honda Pilot. Didn't
get much for the Explorer in trade-in - $1000. It was a 94 with 132k
miles, pretty good condition, but it had an oil leak (rear main seal
more than likely) that I did not want to deal with, and trying to sell
it myself probably would not have netted much more with the leak. It
needed some other things done as well, and it wasn't worth it to me
to spend the money to fix it up.

Even though I don't have an Explorer any more, I'm still willing to
put up Jeff's stuff if we can get a copy. I used that stuff more than
once to repair my Explorer...

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Charlie Bress - 22 Dec 2004 14:41 GMT

Mike,
Watch your email for an offer to get what is probably most of the Singleton
files.

Charlie

>>My '92 XLT is about to move on to its next life. 192k, still on the
>>originall engine (runs fine) and the original trans (getting tired)
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> put up Jeff's stuff if we can get a copy. I used that stuff more than
> once to repair my Explorer...

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Mike Iglesias - 22 Dec 2004 16:03 GMT

>Mike,
>Watch your email for an offer to get what is probably most of the Singleton
>files.

Thanks!

Our campus is closed next week, so I'll have the files up sometime the first
week of January.

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Charlie Bress - 22 Dec 2004 17:20 GMT

The diskette is made and in an envelope.

I am not going near a post office this week.

Charlie

>>Mike,
>>Watch your email for an offer to get what is probably most of the
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> first
> week of January.

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Anthony Giorgianni - 22 Dec 2004 16:31 GMT

My 92 only has 71,000 and is still pretty much showroom new. Not having the
stuff in Jeff's site will be a big loss!! I haven't even started doing much
work on mine.

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> dr bob

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ab7fh - 04 Jan 2005 18:16 GMT

Hi, Rick Horwitz here from "Serious Explorations" (www.explorerforum.com).

Bob, it's been a long time... My first Ford Explorer internet experiences
came from your mailing list :) It is your list and Jeff's site that led me
to create my Ford Explorer enthusiast websites.

I too noticed that Jeff wasn't updating his site for some time. I made a
few donations to his PayPal account over the past couple years and never
recieved acknowledgement from him.

Thinking that Jeff might have lost interest I copied all of his pages to
my 'puter. Now comes the dilemma... Do I put all of the info back online
and give credit to Jeff and the original contributers? Legally I suppose I
could do it until I recieve a cease and decist order. Ethically, well... I
feel it would be for the benefit of the Ford Explorer enthusiast
community.

What do you folks think??

Thanks,

Rick

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Mike Iglesias - 04 Jan 2005 21:15 GMT

>Thinking that Jeff might have lost interest I copied all of his pages to
>my 'puter. Now comes the dilemma... Do I put all of the info back online
>and give credit to Jeff and the original contributers? Legally I suppose I
>could do it until I recieve a cease and decist order. Ethically, well... I
>feel it would be for the benefit of the Ford Explorer enthusiast
>community.

I put up a copy that Charles Bress had saved up at

http://draco.acs.uci.edu/explorer/

The update date mentioned in the main page is April 2001. If you have
newer stuff then I'd suggest either putting it up yourself (and I'll
change mine to point to yours) or send me the files and I'll update what
I have.

I left the pages as they were except for changing some links to match my
web server setup and putting at note at the begining of the main page
explaining the situation. Jeff and the original contributers should
always get credit where credit is due.

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First Source - 05 Jan 2005 06:48 GMT

>Hi, Rick Horwitz here from "Serious Explorations" (www.explorerforum.com).
>
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>Rick

Your site is likely to be much more active so it would seem logical to
mirror it there or at least link to where it's at now.

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C. E. White - 03 Jan 2005 13:26 GMT

> ............ Replacement will probably be a Lex
> RX-330 or something else from the ultra-reliable Toyota family.

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha...good one Bob! Oh what a feeliong.
Seriously, what are you going to relly buy?

Ed

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