Exhibit 32.1

                  CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

In connection with the quarterly report of Tecumseh Products Company (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2008 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Form 10-Q"), I,
Edwin L. Buker, Principal 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 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
          15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; 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: November 6, 2008                 BY: /s/ EDWIN L. BUKER
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                                            Edwin L. Buker
                                            Chairman, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer