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 June 30, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Form 10-Q”), I, James J. Connor, Principal Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 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: August 7, 2012	BY:	/s/ James J. Connor
		James J. Connor,
		President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary