EXHIBIT 99.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Tecumseh Products Company (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2002 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, David W. Kay, Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.


Date:   March 13, 2003              TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY




                                    By:        /s/  DAVID W. KAY
                                             ---------------------------------
                                             David W. Kay
                                             Vice President, Treasurer and
                                                Chief Financial Officer






This certification accompanies the Report pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.