POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned

hereby constitutes and appoints each of Todd W. Herrick, James S.

Nicholson, and Daryl P. McDonald, and 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 art 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 9th day of January, 2006.




					/s/ Eric L.
Stolzenberg
					Eric L. Stolzenberg

STATE OF
MICHIGAN		)

				): ss.
COUNTY OF LENAWEE		)

On this 9th  day of
January,
2006, before me, a Notary Public in and for said County,
personally
appeared Eric L. Stolzenberg, to me personally known, who, being
by me
first duly sworn, did say that he is the person named in and who
executed
the within instrument, and said Eric L. Stolzenberg acknowledged
said
instrument to be his free act and deed.

				    /s/ Patricia G.

Walsh
						  Patricia G. Walsh
				Notary Public
				Lenawee
County,
Michigan
				My commission expires: June 16, 2007