Clutch problem on a Defender 110 Td5

Hi all, a pal has the TD5 Defender, which appears to have a clutch problem.

Apparently gear changing is fine, but if you stay in gear at halt eg. at traffic lights, sometimes it stalls whilst in gear, then there is no feel in the pedal and it's impossible to select gears again, until you stop the engine and restart it.

Anyone got any ideas where I should start with this??

Cheers for any and all suggestions

Cheers Dave

I've just had a drive of my mates Defender and have come to the following conclusions, based on a lack on experience of driving TD5 Defenders (prat!!)

1. The gearchange is a bit notchy, maybe they're all like that;

2. The clutch is not slippping at all and displayed no symptoms;

3. Have sugested we change the slave & master cylinders at the same time.

So, please, can anyone guide me as to how to do this ???

It's a 2002 Defender 110 with an R380 gearbox.

I've had a quick look underneath and there seem to be several plastic shields under the engine and gearboxes, so I suppose first job is to remove them ??

After that where will I find the slave cylinder and what do I need to do/be aware of, in order to change it? Apart from the slave cylinder itself are there any seals/washers/nuts that I should have in stock before starting this?

Ditto for the master cylinder.

All help/suggestions welcomed - thanks in advance for assistance
Cheers
Dave