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 June 30, 2006 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, to my knowledge:

      (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: August 14, 2006                 BY:   /s/  TODD W. HERRICK
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                                           Todd W. Herrick
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer