Linde E18 parts: seat, lights and electrics

The Linde E18 is an electric forklift, and the wear you deal with on a truck like this tends to show up around the operator and in the wiring: a gas strut that no longer holds a cover, a cracked mirror, a blown bulb, a horn that has gone quiet. This page brings together more than 30 replacement parts that fit the E18, made by GRANIT, HELLA, GRAMMER, MANN-FILTER and FEBI.

What you can replace on the E18

• Gas struts for covers and hatches, one of them carrying a Linde reference
• Black unheated mirrors with a clamp that suits several rod sizes
• A Primo L forklift seat with air suspension and a fabric cover
• Halogen bulbs, small plastic socket bulbs and a warning bulb
• Work lamps, including a flood beam that spreads light around the forks
• Symbol switches such as the hazard light switch
• A horn, a changeover relay, blade fuses and a fuse box
• A wiper blade, a round reflector and an indicator lens

Matching a part to your truck

Start with the data plate to confirm you are working on an E18. After that, the part you are taking off usually tells you the rest. Gas struts tend to have a number printed on the cylinder, and relays and horns show their connection type and voltage on the housing. With bulbs, check the base before anything else, because two bulbs that look alike can sit in different holders.

A workshop note on gas struts

Fit a new gas strut with the piston rod pointing down. That keeps the seal lubricated by the oil inside and helps the strut hold its pressure for longer. Prop the cover open with something solid while you swap it, since a strut that has lost its charge will not hold anything up and a falling cover hurts. Where two struts work side by side, change them as a pair so the new one is not carrying the load on its own and twisting the cover.

Fitting the seat and lamps

The Primo L inflates its air suspension with an electric compressor, so it needs a power feed. Check that the voltage of the seat matches what your truck supplies and that a fused connection is available where the old seat sat. With a new work lamp, aim it before you tighten the bracket, so the flood beam lights the floor ahead of the forks without dazzling people walking towards the truck.

Other Linde trucks are covered too. The Linde parts overview is the place to go if your fleet also includes other models from the same maker, from electric trucks to engine powered ones.