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<ownershipDocument>
    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3/A</documentType>
	<periodOfReport>2003-04-11</periodOfReport>
	<dateOfOriginalSubmission>2003-06-03</dateOfOriginalSubmission>
    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000825411</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TECH OPS SEVCON INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>("TO")</issuerTradingSymbol>
	</issuer>
	<reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001166432</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SONKIN PAUL D</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O HUMMINGBIRD MANAGEMENT, LLC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>153 EAST 53RD STREET, 55TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
			<isDirector>0</isDirector>
			<isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
			<isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
			<isOther>0</isOther>
		</reportingOwnerRelationship>
	</reportingOwner>
	<reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001164073</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HUMMINGBIRD MANAGEMENT LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O HUMMINGBIRD MANAGEMENT, LLC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>153 EAST 53RD STREET, 55TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
			<isDirector>0</isDirector>
			<isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
			<isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
			<isOther>0</isOther>
		</reportingOwnerRelationship>
	</reportingOwner>
	<reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001101758</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HUMMINGBIRD VALUE FUND LP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O HUMMINGBIRD MANAGEMENT, LLC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>153 EAST 53RD STREET, 55TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
			<isDirector>0</isDirector>
			<isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
			<isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
			<isOther>0</isOther>
		</reportingOwnerRelationship>
	</reportingOwner>
	<reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001243818</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HUMMINGBIRD MICROCAP VALUE FUND LP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O HUMMINGBIRD MANAGEMENT, LLC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>153 EAST 53RD STREET, 55TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
			<isDirector>0</isDirector>
			<isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
			<isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
			<isOther>0</isOther>
		</reportingOwnerRelationship>
	</reportingOwner>
	<reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001249876</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HUMMINGBIRD CAPITAL LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O HUMMINGBIRD MANAGEMENT, LLC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>153 EAST 53RD STREET, 55TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
			<isDirector>0</isDirector>
			<isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
			<isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
			<isOther>0</isOther>
		</reportingOwnerRelationship>
	</reportingOwner>
	<nonDerivativeTable>
		<nonDerivativeHolding>
			<securityTitle>
				<value>Common Stock, $.10 par value</value>
			</securityTitle>
			<postTransactionAmounts>
				<sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
					<value>4000</value>
				</sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
			</postTransactionAmounts>
			<ownershipNature>
				<directOrIndirectOwnership>
					<value>I</value>
					<footnoteId id="F1"/>
				</directOrIndirectOwnership>
				<natureOfOwnership>
					<value>By Hummingbird Microcap Value Fund, LP</value>
					<footnoteId id="F2"/>
					<footnoteId id="F3"/>
				</natureOfOwnership>
			</ownershipNature>
		</nonDerivativeHolding>
		<nonDerivativeHolding>
			<securityTitle>
				<value>Common Stock, $.10 par value</value>
			</securityTitle>
			<postTransactionAmounts>
				<sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
					<value>2000</value>
				</sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
			</postTransactionAmounts>
			<ownershipNature>
				<directOrIndirectOwnership>
					<value>I</value>
					<footnoteId id="F1"/>
				</directOrIndirectOwnership>
				<natureOfOwnership>
					<value>By Hummingbird Value Fund, LP</value>
					<footnoteId id="F3"/>
					<footnoteId id="F4"/>
				</natureOfOwnership>
			</ownershipNature>
		</nonDerivativeHolding>
	</nonDerivativeTable>
	<footnotes>
		<footnote id="F1">This Form 3 is jointly filed by Paul D. Sonkin, The Hummingbird Value Fund, L.P., The Hummingbird Microcap Value Fund, L.P., Hummingbird Capital, LLC and Hummingbird Management, LLC.  Paul D. Sonkin is the Managing Member of (a) Hummingbird Capital, LLC, the general partner of The Hummingbird Value Fund, L.P. and The Hummingbird Microcap Value Fund, L.P., and (b) Hummingbird Management, LLC, the investment manager to The Hummingbird Value Fund, L.P. and The Hummingbird Microcap Value Fund, L.P.  Accordingly, each of Paul D. Sonkin, Hummingbird Capital, LLC and Hummingbird Management, LLC may be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned by The Hummingbird Value Fund, L.P. and The Hummingbird Microcap Value Fund, L.P. reported herein.  The Reporting Persons are members of a Section 13(d) group that owns more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding Common Stock.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F2">Owned directly by The Hummingbird Microcap Value Fund, L.P., and indirectly by Paul D. Sonkin, Hummingbird Capital, LLC and Hummingbird Management, LLC, each of which disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities owned by The Hummingbird Microcap Value Fund, L.P., except to the extent that each such party has an interest, if any, in The Hummingbird Microcap Value Fund, L.P.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F3">These shares were omitted from the Reporting Persons' original Form 3, and were also ommitted from the Form 4 filed on June 3, 2003 by the Reporting Persons.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F4">Owned directly by The Hummingbird Value Fund, L.P., and indirectly by Paul D. Sonkin, Hummingbird Capital, LLC and Hummingbird Management, LLC, each of which disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities owned by The Hummingbird Value Fund, L.P., except to the extent that each such party has an interest, if any, in The Hummingbird Value Fund, L.P.</footnote>
	</footnotes>
	<ownerSignature>
		<signatureName>/s/ Sonkin, Paul D.</signatureName>
		<signatureDate>2003-12-04</signatureDate>
	</ownerSignature>
	<ownerSignature>
		<signatureName>By: Hummingbird Management, LLC, By: /s/ Paul D. Sonkin, Managing Member</signatureName>
		<signatureDate>2003-12-04</signatureDate>
	</ownerSignature>
	<ownerSignature>
		<signatureName>By: Hummingbird Capital, LLC, General Partner, By: /s/ Paul D. Sonkin, Managing Member</signatureName>
		<signatureDate>2003-12-04</signatureDate>
	</ownerSignature>
	<ownerSignature>
		<signatureName>By: Hummingbird Capital, LLC, General Partner, By: /s/ Paul D. Sonkin, Managing Member</signatureName>
		<signatureDate>2003-12-04</signatureDate>
	</ownerSignature>
	<ownerSignature>
		<signatureName>By: Hummingbird Capital, LLC, By: /s/ Paul D. Sonkin, Managing Member</signatureName>
		<signatureDate>2003-12-04</signatureDate>
	</ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

