R380 gearbox driving style

Hi everybody & Greetings from Paris !
I own a defender TD5 year 2003. If I up-shift quickly with high RPM from 1st to 2d, or from 2d to 3d, I feel a crunch/grind in my hand (not so loud to hear it in the vehicle, I can just feel it with my hand).

If I leave the RPM/rev normal, and leave a 1 second pause on Neutral between these gears, all is fine.

No crunch when downshifting. The gearbox runs with new MTF94 oil.

Is this a normal behavior for a R380 ? Are we supposed to UP shift slowly with these gearboxes, losing momentum ?

Losing momentum is not an issue on flat road, but annoying climbing a slope.

I was wondering if this is a characteristic of the R380 gearbox even when it was brand new back in 2003.

Many thanks for your help and feedback !

Julien

Defenders are not racing cars and should be driven with a touch of mechanical sympathy.
Doucement, doucement mon homme

One thing that can help is not to grip the gear knob in a vice grip with your hand.
Try placing a cupped hand behind or in front of knob depending on which way you are going with the change and push in the direction of the gear you need.

Selectors are bronze, they wear.
stop resting your hand on the gearshift when you drive!

KISSMYAURA said:

Selectors are bronze, they wear.
stop resting your hand on the gearshift when you drive!

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They still use bronze!? Blimey
Thought it'd be plastic now or something else that's cheap and prone to breaking

well britpart or terrafirma allshakes are made of jelly and rizla's of course.....