POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Todd W. Herrick and Daryl P.
McDonald, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Tecumseh
Products Company, a Michigan corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5
in accordance with Section 16 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and
on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such forms with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable stock exchange
or similar authority, including obtaining identification numbers for
electronic filing; and

(3)	take any other action of any type
whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required on the part of, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each
such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done
in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This
Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed this 10th day
of June, 2004.

					/s/   James S. Nicholson
				  [Section 16
person's signature]

				  	   James S. Nicholson
			  [type or
print Section 16 person's name]

STATE OF MICHIGAN	)
				  ): ss.

COUNTY OF LENAWEE	)

	On this 10th day of June, 2004, before me, a
Notary Public in and for said County, personally appeared James S.
Nicholson, to me personally known, who, being by me first duly sworn, did
say that he or she is the person named in and who executed the within
instrument and said James S. Nicholson acknowledged said instrument to be
his or her free act and deed.

			   /s/  Patricia G. Walsh

Patricia G. Walsh
			   Notary Public
			   Lenawee County, Michigan

			   My commission expires:  June 16, 2007