Tecumseh Products Company Reschedules Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2004 Conference Call

Tecumseh Products Company (NASDAQ: TECUA)(NASDAQ: TECUB) announced today that its fourth quarter and year-end 2004 earnings release and related conference call, both previously scheduled for January 27, 2005, will be delayed until Thursday, February 3, 2005 with the conference call scheduled to be held at 11:00 a.m. ET. The call will be broadcast live over the Internet and then available for replay through the Investor Relations section of Tecumseh Products Company's website at http://www.tecumseh.com/ .

"This one week delay does not relate to any unusual developments in our business or financial reporting. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has affected the sequence of events within our financial close process and required additional procedures to be performed by the Company and our external auditors. This additional time is necessary to conclude those procedures before we publish our results," stated Jim Nicholson, the Company's Chief Financial Officer.

Those who wish to listen to this conference call should visit the Investor Relations section of the Company's web site at http://www.tecumseh.com/ at least 15 minutes prior to the event. Please follow the instructions provided to assure that the necessary audio applications are downloaded and installed. These programs can be obtained at no charge to the user.

Tecumseh Products Company is a full-line independent global manufacturer of hermetic compressors for residential and commercial refrigerators, freezers, water coolers, dehumidifiers, window air conditioning units and residential and commercial central system air conditioners and heat pumps; gasoline engines and power train for lawn mowers, lawn and garden tractors, garden tillers, string trimmers, snow throwers, industrial and agricultural applications and recreational vehicles; electric motors and components, including AC and DC motors, blowers, gear motors and linear actuators for a wide variety of industrial and consumer applications across a broad range of industries; and centrifugal pumps, sump pumps and small submersible pumps for industrial, commercial, marine and agricultural applications.

SOURCE: Tecumseh Products Company

CONTACT: Pat Walsh, Director of Investor Relations of Tecumseh Products
Company, +1-517-423-8455

Web site: http://www.tecumseh.com/

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