Exhibit 32.1


                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER


         In connection with the quarterly report of Tecumseh Products Company
(the "Company") on amended Form 10-Q/A for the period ended June 30, 2006 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Form
10-Q/A"), 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/A 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/A fairly presents, in all
          material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
          of the Company.



Dated:  December 19, 2006              BY:   /s/  TODD W. HERRICK
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                                          Todd W. Herrick
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer