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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950124-02-002712
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20020813
ITEM INFORMATION:		
FILED AS OF DATE:		20020814

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TECUMSEH PRODUCTS CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000096831
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AIR COND & WARM AIR HEATING EQUIP & COMM & INDL REFRIG EQUIP [3585]
		IRS NUMBER:				381093240
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-00452
		FILM NUMBER:		02731960

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 E PATTERSON ST
		CITY:			TECUMSEH
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49286
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5174238411

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 EAST PATTERSON STREET
		CITY:			TECUMSEH
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49286
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                       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): August 13, 2002


                            TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in it's charter)


                                    MICHIGAN
         (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)


         1-452                                       38-1093240
(Commission File Number)                (IRS Employer Identification Number)


                            100 EAST PATTERSON STREET
                               TECUMSEH, MI 49286
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)


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


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


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Item 9.  Regulation F-D Disclosure

      On August 13, 2002, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Tecumseh Products Company
submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission the certification by its
chief executive officer and its chief financial officer of the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002, filed on
August 13, 2002.


<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

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

                                       Tecumseh Products Company


Date:  August 14, 2002                 By: /s/ David W. Kay
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          David W. Kay
                                          Vice President, Treasurer &
                                            Chief Financial Officer


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