Exhibit 32.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

     In connection with the annual report of Tecumseh Products Company (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2005 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Form 10-K"), 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, to my knowledge:

     (1)  the Form 10-K 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-K fairly presents, in all
          material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
          of the Company.


Dated: March 13, 2006                  BY: /s/ TODD W. HERRICK
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                                           Todd W. Herrick
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer