Exhibit 1



                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

     In  accordance  with Rule 13d-1 (f) under the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934,  as amended,  the  undersigned  hereby  agree to the joint filing with all
other Reporting Entities (as such term is defined in the Schedule 13G) on behalf
of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13G  (including  amendments  thereto)
with  respect  to the  Common  Stock,  $1.00 par value per  share,  of  Tecumseh
Products  Company,  and that this  Agreement be  included as an Exhibit to such
joint filing.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts  all
of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

                  IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  hereby  execute  this
Agreement this 11th day of April, 2001.

                                            EQSF ADVISERS, INC.

                                            By:/s/ MARTIN J. WHITMAN
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                                            Martin J. Whitman
                                            Chairman, President and Chief
                                            Executive Officer

                                            M.J. WHITMAN ADVISERS, INC.

                                            By:/s/ MARTIN J. WHITMAN
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                                            Martin J. Whitman
                                            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                                            /s/  MARTIN J. WHITMAN
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                                             Martin J. Whitman