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 March 31, 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:

     (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: May 9, 2006                           BY: /s/ TODD W. HERRICK
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                                                 Todd W. Herrick
                                                 President and Chief Executive
                                                 Officer