EXHIBIT 32.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER


         In connection with the quarterly report of Tecumseh Products Company
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2004 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Form
10-Q"), I, Todd W. Herrick, Chief Executive 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 Form 10-Q fully complies with the requirements of
              Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
              (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

         (2)  The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all
              material respects, the financial condition and results of
              operations of the Company.



Dated: November 9, 2004            BY:     /s/  TODD W. HERRICK
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                                       Todd W. Herrick
                                        Chairman, President and Chief
                                        Executive Officer