I'm looking at buying a transmission for my 92 civic hatchback. Someone has one for sale, but i want to make sure the transmission is from a ex or si. They gave me the vin, and 2 other numbers. i think the vin is from the car though, not the trans. Are there vin numbers on transmissions? Here's the info they gave me:
vin#1HG J8146WL023732. # on tip of bell housing is S40-1580124 and # on trany housing is K4F P4A. it came from a 96 EX civic
Is there a website i can go to that would let me type in these numbers to find out? A local honda dealer and he said the vin is wrong and that he can't look it up by the other 2 numbers.

 

yeah that's a tranny off of a D16Y8 (6th gen civic, 96-98 ex)

Before you by it, confirm that it's the B000 tranny. This link will show you how to check:
https://www.hondacivicforum.com/m_413787/tm.htm

If it is the B000, then you'll have an awesome trans!

 

which number can you tell from? the s-40? is this trans. going to be cable or hydraulic, and if hydraulic what problems will that run me into?

 

well, I'm not sure if it applies to the hatchs or not, but all 92-98 civics SOHC engines have hydraulic transmissions. If for some reason you have the ZC engine or if you have cable it will require other things. I don't know if you can get it to work for a ZC. If you have cable trans right now, there is a cable-to-hydraulic conversion sold on passwordjdm.