UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): APRIL 27, 2007


                            TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         MICHIGAN                       0-452               38-1093240
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(State or other jurisdiction         (Commission           (IRS Employer
       of incorporation)             File Number)       Identification No.)


           100 EAST PATTERSON STREET
               TECUMSEH, MICHIGAN                             49286
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    (Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (517) 423-8411


                                (NOT APPLICABLE)
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)







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ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

         On April 27, 2007, we issued a press release announcing certain
operational actions and staff reductions. We are furnishing a copy as an exhibit
to this report.



ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

         The following exhibit is furnished with this report:

         Exhibit No.                Description

         99.1                       Press release issued April 27, 2007


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                        TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY


Date: April 27, 2007                    By   /s/ James S. Nicholson
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                                            James S. Nicholson
                                            Vice President, Treasurer and Chief
                                            Financial Officer

         NOTE: The information in Item 7.01 of this report and the related
exhibit is not to be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange
Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section unless the
registrant specifically incorporates it by reference into a filing under the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act.






                                  EXHIBIT INDEX




Exhibit No.        Description
                
99.1               Press release issued April 27, 2007