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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20080321114627
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-08-019677
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080319
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080321
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080321

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TECUMSEH PRODUCTS CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000096831
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AIR COND & WARM AIR HEATING EQUIP & COMM & INDL REFRIG EQUIP [3585]
		IRS NUMBER:				381093240
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 E PATTERSON ST
		CITY:			TECUMSEH
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49286
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5174238411

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 EAST PATTERSON STREET
		CITY:			TECUMSEH
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			49286

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Buker Edwin L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001408682

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-00452
		FILM NUMBER:		08704471

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		205-981-7813

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1195 GREYSTONE CREST
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35242
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            <rptOwnerState>AL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>35242</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    </reportingOwner>

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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The stock appreciation rights vest in three equal annual installments, beginning on August 13, 2008.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The stock appreciation rights vest in three equal annual installments, beginning on March 4, 2009.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Edwin L. Buker by Lynn Dennison, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-03-21</signatureDate>
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