Exhibit 24


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

       Know all by these presents,that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Janice Stipp and James Connor, 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 a 10% shareholder, 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 19th day of June 2013.


                              /s/ Gary L. Cowger
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                             Gary L. Cowger