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                                                                   Exhibit 10.41

                             Second Amendment to the
               Tenneco Automotive Inc. Key Executive Pension Plan

Subject to the powers of amendment reserved in Section 12 of the Tenneco
Automotive Inc. Key Executive Pension Plan (the "Plan"), the Company hereby
amends the Plan as follows:

1.   Effective December 31, 2004, all benefit accruals under the Plan are hereby
     frozen. As of this date, no new individuals will be eligible to participate
     in the Plan, and no additional benefits will accrue under the Plan.

2.   Effective December 31, 2004, Sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Plan are deleted
     and replaced with the following new Sections 4, 5 and 6:

     "4. Commencement and Payment of Plan Benefits.

          The Plan Benefit shall be payable in the form of a single lump sum
     payment and shall be payable as soon as practicable after the later of (a)
     a Participant's Termination Date or (b) the date on which he attains age
     55; provided, however, that no benefit shall be paid hereunder earlier than
     the 60th day following the Participant's Termination Date unless otherwise
     determined by the Committee. If a Participant dies prior to commencement of
     his Plan Benefit, his Surviving Spouse will be entitled to receive benefits
     in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.

          The Plan Benefit shall be calculated using the applicable interest
     rate (as defined in Section 417(e)(3)(A)(ii)(II) of the Internal Revenue
     Code (the "Code")) for the second calendar month preceding the first day of
     the calendar year during which the benefit payments are to commence and the
     applicable mortality table (as defined in Section 417(e)(3)(A)(ii)(I) of
     the Code).

     5. Surviving Spouse Death Benefits.

          If a Participant dies before the date as of which payment of his Plan
     Benefit is to be paid under the Plan and there is an Eligible Spouse (as
     defined in the Salaried Retirement Plan), a "Surviving Spouse Death
     Benefit" shall be paid to the Eligible Spouse; provided however, that
     payment of the Surviving Spouse Death Benefit shall not be paid prior to
     the date on which the Participant would have attained age 55. The Surviving
     Spouse Death Benefit payable to an Eligible Spouse under the Plan shall be
     equal to 50% of the monthly benefit amount to which the Participant would
     have been entitled if:

          (a)  he had commenced receipt of his Plan Benefit as of the date on
               which he attained age 55;

          (b)  his benefit was paid in the form of a Qualified Joint and
               Survivor Benefit (as defined in the Salaried Retirement Plan);
               and

          (c)  his benefit is based on his Years of Service and Compensation as
               of the actual date of his death (or, if earlier, his Termination
               Date).

     The Surviving Spouse Death Benefit shall be calculated as an actuarial
     equivalent lump sum determined under the applicable terms of the Salaried
     Retirement Plan and payable in accordance with the rules set forth in
     Section 4 above.

     6. [RESERVED]"

3.   Except to the extent expressly amended by the terms of this Amendment, all
     provisions of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect following the
     date hereof and shall not be modified by this Amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused the Plan to be amended as set forth
herein by its respective officers thereunder duly authorized.

                                             TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC.


                                             /s/ RICHARD P. SCHNEIDER
                                             ------------------------

                                             By: Richard P. Schneider

                                             Its: Senior Vice President,
                                                  Global Administration