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 11, 2007

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

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



                                                                   
        100 EAST PATTERSON STREET
           TECUMSEH, MICHIGAN                                            49286
(Address of principal executive offices)                              (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 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

On April 11, 2007, we issued a press release about developments at TMT Motoco do
Brasil Ltda., the Brazil-based engine manufacturing subsidiary of Tecumseh
Products Company. We are furnishing a copy of the press release as an exhibit to
this report.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

     The following exhibit is furnished with this report:



Exhibit No.   Description
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    99.1      Press Release dated April 11, 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 16, 2007                    By /s/ James S. Nicholson
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           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
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    99.1      Press Release dated April 11, 2007