Was this Stihl 041S OEM cyl kit piston like this from the factory?!

[alexcagle]

I got this Stihl unsealed but boxed OEM 48mm 041 Super cylinder kit on ebay a couple of years ago. Soon after that they started making the aftermarket ones. I ended up using an aftermarket one in a good used jug I had.
I've always wondered, with the "sort of" legit looking stampings, but crude milling job, if it came from Stihl as some weird modified version back then.
I know It was made by Mahle, but they probably didn't do a crappy milling job like this. Has anyone else ever ran into something like this? I pictured a cross brand next to it to compare the missing dome material.
-and of course I know anyone could have punched that letter and arrow ìn there, but what does the "c" mean? Was there maybe a special lowered compression version, which would be odd. Also in the last pic; on the box's label; it has a couple of different languages, but maybe there is a clue to this in the "AVEC" piston?

Or maybe Sasquatch did it with a grinder.....

 

[alexcagle]

 

[hotshot]

Nope, you got screwed on that piston, as its been messed with. The C is the tolerance code that Stihl used to match cylinders to pistons, but it's been restamped.

Looks like they started to window it too, but never finished.

 

[alexcagle]

You mean it got out of the factory like that?

 

[alexcagle]

Cripes, I didn't even notice the window holes drilled. lol
Do you think someone was trying to adapt this piston to fit something else? -or "Ricky the retard" was just experimenting?

 

[scallywag]

it has a couple of different languages, but maybe there is a clue to this in the "AVEC" piston?

Avec is French meaning 'with' (with piston). There's no way that piston left the factory looking like that!

 

[Definitive Dave]

I hope the cylinder looks unmolested, somebody did something non stock to the piston for sure
Dave

 

[alexcagle]

Cylinder is unmolested.
I may trade it. I'm sure somebody can use it more that me.

 

[HarleyT]

It is common to come across NOS parts that were unsold because of missing parts. Someone could have sold the oem piston assy. while it was on a shelf, and the e-bay seller tossed an aftermarket piston assy in there, or
anything is possible.

 

[alexcagle]

Yeah. I just wish they would have molested a less rare piston. It WAS an oem, by the inner mahle, and a slight original top marking.

 

[Colin Poellot]

Do you still have the cylinder? If you do how much would you want for it.

 

[alexcagle]

[QUOTE"Colin Poellot, post: 5890546, member: 144457"]Do you still have the cylinder? If you do how much would you want for it.[/QUOTE]
No. It's no longer in my possession. Thx

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Avec is French meaning 'with' (with piston). There's no way that piston left the factory looking like that!

Did you ever work in a factory? In the one I worked in you could get anything in (or out) of it. You just have to get two or three employees to agree, not hard to do..many factory workers don't like their jobs..