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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.29

EXECUTIVE OFFICES                                                (TECUMSEH LOGO)

Ed Buker
President and Chief Executive Officer

September 17, 2007

Mr. James Wainwright
71 Carnoustie Lane
Springboro, OH  45066

Dear Jim:

I am pleased you've decided to join Tecumseh Products Company, attached is the
"Term Sheet" for the Operating Executive position we have discussed. This has
been approved by the Board's Compensation Committee and if you agree, please
sign below and fax back to me at (5l7) 423-0200. Upon acceptance, you will
receive paperwork for the usual in-hiring process. I believe that your joining
our team will be a significant addition to the Company.

Best Regards,

Ed Buker
President and Chief Executive Officer

I hereby agree to this letter and term sheet


/s/ James E. Wainright
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James E. Wainright                             Date

Attachment
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                                                             100 E Patterson St,
                                                              Tecumseh, MI 49286
                                                                www.tecumseh.com
                                           Phone: 517-423-8550/Fax: 517-423-8619

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                                   TERM SHEET

                                 AUGUST 20, 2007

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Company:                         Tecumseh Products Company

Executive:                       James Wainright

Position/Title:                  Top Operations Executive (exact title yet to be
                                 agreed upon)

Term of Employment:              "At will" employee with no employment agreement
                                 and no fixed term, but Executive will be
                                 covered by a formal change of control
                                 agreement.

Compensation:                    Annual Base Salary: $400,000 payable in
                                 accordance with normal payroll practices and
                                 procedures of the Company, subject to normal
                                 withholdings.

                                 Annual Performance Bonus: Target bonus equal to
                                 75 percent of salary paid during the year. The
                                 actual bonus earned and paid will be dependent
                                 on achievement of Company and individual
                                 performance objectives. The maximum bonus
                                 opportunity will be set at two (2) times the
                                 target. Thus, actual bonuses may range from
                                 zero to 150 percent of salary depending on
                                 performance achievement. Bonuses will be
                                 governed under a bonus plan that will be
                                 approved by the Board of Directors and
                                 shareholders. The bonus plan will be
                                 administered by the Board, or a committee
                                 thereof, which will have full and final
                                 authority regarding the plan including, among
                                 other matters, the establishment of annual
                                 performance measures and goals.

                                 Annual Long-Term Incentive Grants: Annual
                                 grants of long-term incentives with a grant
                                 date present value equal to 45 percent of the
                                 annual base salary rate plus target bonus then
                                 in effect. It is envisioned that such
                                 incentives will be granted pursuant to the
                                 Tecumseh Long-Term Incentive Plan that was
                                 recently approved by the Board of Directors and
                                 that will be presented to shareholders for
                                 their review and approval early next year. The
                                 Plan provides for the grants of stock options,
                                 restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock
                                 awards
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                                 and performance shares/units/awards. The terms
                                 and conditions of grants will be established by
                                 the Board or a committee thereof at the time of
                                 each such grant. In the event shareholders do
                                 not approve the Plan, the Company will grant
                                 either stock appreciation rights or contingent
                                 cash-based performance awards of equivalent
                                 value to the executive and will set the
                                 specific terms and conditions of each such
                                 award at the time of grants, which terms and
                                 conditions are expected to mirror those that
                                 would have applied to the annual equity grants.

                                 Make-Whole Payment. Executive has represented
                                 to the Company that as a result of his
                                 resignation from his then current employer, in
                                 order to accept the Company's offer of
                                 employment and become employed by the Company,
                                 Executive has become ineligible to receive
                                 certain payments he was entitled to receive
                                 from his former employer anticipated to be
                                 Eighty Four Thousand Dollars ($84,000) the (the
                                 "Make-Whole Amount"). Following the Effective
                                 Date and subject to Executive's presentation of
                                 appropriate documentation to the Company, the
                                 Company agrees to pay the Mark-Whole Amount to
                                 Executive not later than March 31, 2008.

                                 Benefits: Executive will be provided with
                                 health, disability and life insurance and
                                 retirement, vacation and similar non-cash and
                                 non-equity benefits available to other senior
                                 executives.

                                 Relocation Expenses: The Company will reimburse
                                 the Executive for reasonable and documented
                                 expenses incurred in connection with relocation
                                 to the Detroit, Michigan area. The details of
                                 relocation to be discussed prior to expenses
                                 being incurred.

Compensation Upon
Voluntary Termination:           Accrued but unpaid annual cash compensation and
                                 vacation days, ability to exercise then vested
                                 stock options and settlement of then vested
                                 restricted stock units. All unvested options
                                 and restricted stock units will be cancelled.
                                 No provision will be made for severance.

Compensation Upon
Termination Without Cause:       Accrued but unpaid annual cash compensation and
                                 vacation days, plus a pro rata bonus for the
                                 year of termination, plus one (1) times the
                                 annual salary rate then in effect, plus the
                                 right to exercise vested stock options for up
                                 to 180 days following termination.
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Compensation In The
Event Of A Change Of Control:    In the event of a Change of Control within the
                                 Executive's first year of employment, one-half
                                 (1/2) of all options and restricted stock
                                 granted to the Executive will vest immediately.
                                 In the event of a Change of Control following
                                 the Executive's first year of employment, all
                                 options and restricted stock granted to the
                                 Executive will vest immediately. In addition,
                                 the failure to offer the Executive an
                                 equivalent position in the surviving entity
                                 will entitle the Executive to resign and
                                 receive additional compensation equal to one
                                 times (1) the base salary rate then in effect
                                 plus one times (1) the annual target bonus.

Compensation Upon
Termination For Cause:           Accrued but unpaid annual cash compensation and
                                 vacation days. All options and restricted stock
                                 units, whether or not vested, will be
                                 forfeited. Cause means any of the following:
                                 (i) the Executives continuing substantial
                                 failure to perform his duties for the Company
                                 (other than as a result of incapacity due to
                                 mental or physical illness) after a written
                                 demand is delivered to the Executive by the
                                 Company's Board of Directors; (ii) the
                                 Executive's willful engaging in illegal conduct
                                 or gross misconduct that is materially and
                                 demonstrably injurious to the Company; (iii)
                                 the Executive's conviction of a felony or his
                                 plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony,
                                 (iv) the Executive's willful and material
                                 breach of his confidentiality obligations under
                                 local law and/or Tecumseh's code of conduct; or
                                 (v) Executive's physical or mental inability to
                                 perform his essential job functions even with a
                                 reasonable accommodation(s) for not less than
                                 90 consecutive days.

Delay Of Severance Payments:     To the extent (i) any post-termination payments
                                 to which Executive becomes entitled under this
                                 Agreement or any agreement or plan referenced
                                 herein constitute deferred compensation subject
                                 to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of
                                 1986, as amended (the "Code") and (ii)
                                 Executive is deemed at the time of such
                                 termination of employment to be a "specified
                                 employee" under Section 409A of the Code, then
                                 such payment will not be made or commence until
                                 the earliest of (x) the expiration of the six
                                 (6) month period measured from the date of
                                 Executive's "separation from service" (as such
                                 term is defined in Treasury Regulations under
                                 Section 409A of the Code and any other guidance
                                 issued under Section 409A of the Code) with the
                                 Company; (y) the date Executive becomes
                                 "disabled" (as defined in Section 409A of the
                                 Code); and (z)
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                                 the date of Executive's death following such
                                 separation from service. Upon the expiration of
                                 the applicable deferral period, any payments
                                 which would have otherwise been made during
                                 that period (whether in a single sum or in
                                 installments) in the absence of this provision
                                 (together with reasonable accrued interest)
                                 will be paid to Executive or Executive's
                                 beneficiary in one lump sum.
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