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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.14

                          NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
                                  FOR TENDER OF
                          4.625% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2013
                   OF BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY FINANCE CORPORATION,
UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC., ISSUED ON MARCH 16, 2004

         As set forth in the Exchange Offer (as defined below), this Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery (or a facsimile hereof) or one substantially equivalent
hereto or the electronic form used by The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") for
this purpose must be used to accept the Exchange Offer of certificates for
4.625% Senior Notes Due 2013 (the "Outstanding Notes") of Berkshire
Hathaway Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
issued on March 16, 2004 not immediately available to the registered holder of
such Outstanding Notes, or if a participant in DTC is unable to complete the
procedures for book-entry transfer on a timely basis of Outstanding Notes to the
account maintained by J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association (as
successor to Bank One Trust Company, N.A.) (the "Exchange Agent") at DTC, prior
to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on [____], 2004, unless extended (the
"Expiration Date"). This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (or a facsimile hereof)
or one substantially equivalent hereto may be delivered by mail (registered or
certified mail is recommended), by facsimile transmission, by hand or overnight
carrier to the Exchange Agent. See "The Exchange Offer--Procedures for Tendering
Outstanding Bonds" in the Prospectus (as defined below). Capitalized terms used
herein and not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Exchange
Offer.

                  The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:

                 J.P. MORGAN TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                      Institutional Trust Services OH1-0184
                         1111 Polaris Parkway, Suite 1N
                               Columbus, OH 43240
                                 Attn: Exchanges
                          Phone Number: 1-800-346-5153

         Delivery of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to an address other than
as set forth above or transmission of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery via a
facsimile number other than the number listed above will not constitute a valid
delivery.

         This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is not to be used to guarantee
signatures. If a signature on a Letter of Transmittal is required to be
guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (as defined therein) under the
instructions thereto, such signature guarantee must appear in the applicable
space provided in the signature box on the Letter of Transmittal.

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

         The undersigned hereby tenders to Berkshire Hathaway Finance
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the aggregate principal
amount of Outstanding Notes indicated below pursuant to the guaranteed delivery
procedures and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Prospectus dated [_____], 2004 (as the same may be amended or supplemented from
time to time, the "Prospectus") and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which
together with the Prospectus constitute the "Exchange Offer"), receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged.

         The undersigned hereby represents, warrants and agrees that the
undersigned has full power and authority to tender, exchange, sell, assign, and
transfer the tendered Outstanding Notes and that the Company will acquire good,
marketable and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens,
restrictions, charges and encumbrances when the tendered Outstanding Notes are
acquired by the Company as contemplated herein, and the tendered Outstanding
Notes are not subject to any adverse claims or proxies. The undersigned warrants
and agrees that the undersigned and each Beneficial Owner will, upon request,
execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Company or the
Exchange Agent to be necessary or desirable to complete the tender, exchange,
sale, assignment and transfer of the tendered Outstanding Notes, and that the
undersigned will comply with its obligations under the Registration Rights
Agreement. The undersigned has read and agrees to all of the terms of the
Exchange Offer.

         BY TENDERING OUTSTANDING NOTES AND EXECUTING THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED
DELIVERY, THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT (i) NEITHER THE
UNDERSIGNED NOR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER(S) IS AN "AFFILIATE" OF THE COMPANY as
defined in Rule 405 under of the Securities Act, (ii) ANY EXCHANGE NOTES TO BE
RECEIVED BY THE UNDERSIGNED AND ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER(S) ARE BEING ACQUIRED BY
THE UNDERSIGNED AND ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER(S) IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS
OF THE UNDERSIGNED AND ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER(S), (iii) THE UNDERSIGNED AND EACH
BENEFICIAL OWNER HAVE NO ARRANGEMENT OR UNDERSTANDING WITH ANY PERSON TO
PARTICIPATE IN A DISTRIBUTION (WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SECURITIES ACT) OF
EXCHANGE NOTES TO BE RECEIVED IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER, (iv) THE UNDERSIGNED OR ANY
SUCH BENEFICIAL OWNER IS NOT ENGAGED IN, AND DOES NOT INTEND TO ENGAGE IN, A
DISTRIBUTION (WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SECURITIES ACT) OF SUCH EXCHANGE NOTES
AND (V) THE UNDERSIGNED IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT
COULD NOT TRUTHFULLY MAKE THESE STATEMENTS. IF THE UNDERSIGNED IS A
BROKER-DEALER, IT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT WILL DELIVER A COPY OF THE PROSPECTUS IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY RESALE OF THE EXCHANGE NOTES.

         All questions as to the form of documents, validity, eligibility
(including time of receipt) and acceptance for exchange of tendered Outstanding
Notes will be determined by the Company, in its sole discretion, whose
determination shall be final and binding on all parties. The Company reserves
the absolute right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to reject any and all
tenders determined by the Company not to be in proper form or the acceptance of
which, or exchange for, may, in the view of the Company or its counsel, be
unlawful.

         All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred shall survive
the death or incapacity of the undersigned and every obligation of the
undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs, executors,
administrators, personal representatives, trustees in bankruptcy, legal
representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.

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Name(s) of Registered Holder(s): _______________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
                                  Please Print

Address(es): ___________________________________________________________________

             ___________________________________________________________________

Area Code and Tel. No(s): ______________________________________________________

                             x__________________________________________________

                             x__________________________________________________
                               Signature(s) of Owner(s) or Authorized Signatory

         Must be signed by the registered holder(s) of the tendered Outstanding
Notes as their name(s) appear(s) on certificates for such tendered Outstanding
Notes, or on a security position listing, or by person(s) authorized to become
registered holder(s) by endorsement and documents transmitted with this Notice
of Guaranteed Delivery. If signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator,
guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer or other person acting in a fiduciary or
representative capacity, such person must set forth his or her full title below.

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                    Aggregate Principal
Certificate No(s)   Amount Represented    Aggregate Principal
 (if available)       by Certificate        Amount Tendered
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         If Outstanding Notes will be delivered by book-entry transfer to The
Depository Trust Company, provide the following information:

Signature: _____________________________________________________________________

Account Number :________________________________________________________________

Date:___________________________________________________________________________

               THE GUARANTEE ON THE REVERSE SIDE MUST BE COMPLETED

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                                    GUARANTEE
                    (Not to be used for signature guarantee)

         The undersigned, a firm or other entity identified in Rule 17Ad-15
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as an "eligible guarantor
institution," including (as such terms are defined therein): (i) a bank; (ii) a
broker, dealer, municipal securities broker, municipal securities dealer,
government securities broker, government securities dealer; (iii) a credit
union; (iv) a national securities exchange, registered securities association or
clearing agency; or (v) a savings association that is a participant in a
Securities Transfer Association recognized program (each of the foregoing being
referred to as an "Eligible Institution"), hereby guarantees delivery to the
Exchange Agent, at one of its addresses set forth above, either certificates for
the Outstanding Notes tendered hereby, in proper form for transfer, or
confirmation of the book-entry transfer of such Outstanding Notes to the
Exchange Agent's account at The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), pursuant to
the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth in the Prospectus, in either
case together with one or more properly completed and duly executed Letter(s) of
Transmittal (or facsimile thereof or an Agent's Message in lieu thereof) and any
other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, all within three (3)
business days after the date of execution of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

         The undersigned acknowledges that it must communicate the guarantee to
the Exchange Agent and must deliver the Letter of Transmittal and certificates
for the Outstanding Notes tendered hereby to the Exchange Agent within the time
period shown hereon and that failure to do so could result in a financial loss
to the undersigned.

________________________________    _____________________________________
              Firm                         Authorized Signature

________________________________    Name: _______________________________
            Address                           (Please Type or Print)

________________________________    Title: _______________________________
            Zip Code

                                    Dated: _________________________, 2004

Area Code and Tel. No.:_________________________________________________________

         DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES FOR OUTSTANDING NOTES WITH THIS NOTICE OF
GUARANTEED DELIVERY. ACTUAL SURRENDER OF OUTSTANDING NOTES MUST BE MADE PURSUANT
TO, AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY, A PROPERLY COMPLETED AND DULY EXECUTED LETTER OF
TRANSMITTAL AND ANY OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENT.

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Exhibit 10.1

SECOND AMENDMENT

     SECOND
AMENDMENT, dated as of May 27, 2004 (this
“Amendment”), to the Credit Agreement, dated as of
June 20, 2003
(as amended pursuant to the First Amendment, dated as of December
22, 2003, and as otherwise amended from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), among UNITED COMPONENTS, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “Borrower”), the several banks and other
financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to the
Credit Agreement (the “Lenders”), LEHMAN BROTHERS INC. and J.P.
MORGAN SECURITIES INC., as joint advisors, joint lead arrangers and
joint bookrunners (in such capacity, the “Joint Lead
Arrangers”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as syndication agent (in such
capacity, the “Syndication Agent”), ABN AMRO BANK N.V., CREDIT
LYONNAIS, NEW YORK BRANCH, FLEET NATIONAL BANK and GENERAL ELECTRIC
CAPITAL CORPORATION, as co-documentation agents (in such capacity, the
“Co-Documentation Agents”), and LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.,
as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have
agreed to make, and have made, certain loans and other extensions of
credit to the Borrower;

     WHEREAS, Borrower has requested certain amendments to
the Credit Agreement as more fully set forth herein; and

     WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to agree to such amendments on
the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Amendment.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

     SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined
herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

     SECTION 2. Amendment to Section 7.3. Section 7.3 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing clause (n) thereof in
its entirety with the following:

     (n) Liens on receivables and related assets (including
proceeds thereof) which are being sold pursuant to
factoring arrangements permitted under Section 7.5(m).

     SECTION 3. Amendment to Section 7.5. Section
7.5 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
clause (m) thereof in its entirety with the following:

 

 

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       (m) (i) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell and
grant Liens in receivables and related assets (including
proceeds thereof) arising from goods and services provided
to Honeywell International, Inc. and its affiliates,
pursuant to factoring arrangements entered into in the
ordinary course of business and (ii) the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries may sell receivables pursuant to receivables
sales programs arranged by the account debtors in respect
of such receivables, provided, that (x) the
aggregate amount of receivables sold pursuant to this
clause (ii) in any fiscal quarter of the Borrower shall not
to exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of receivables of the
Loan Parties generated during the immediately preceding
four fiscal quarters and (y) the annual percentage discount
on the face amount of receivables sold in any such sale
pursuant to this clause (ii) shall not exceed a percentage
equal to the Eurodollar Rate for a three month Interest
Period commencing on the date of such sale plus the
Applicable Margin then applicable to Eurodollar Loans under
the Revolving Credit Facility.

     SECTION 4. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment
shall become effective upon the date (the “Second Amendment
Effective Date”) on which the Administrative Agent shall have
received:

     (a) this Amendment, executed and delivered by a duly authorized
officer of the Borrower;

     (b) written consents to the execution of this Amendment
(“Lender Consent Letters”) from Lenders constituting the Required Lenders; and

     (c) an executed Acknowledgment and Consent, in the form set forth
at the end of this Amendment, from each Loan Party other than the Borrower
(such Acknowledgements and Consents, together with this Amendment, the “Amendment
Documents”).

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of
the Second Amendment Effective Date, and such notice shall be
conclusive and binding.

     SECTION 5. Representations and Warranties. To induce the
Administrative Agent to enter into this Amendment and to induce the
Lenders to consent thereto, the Borrower hereby represents and
warrants to the Agents and all of the Lenders as of the Second
Amendment Effective Date that:

     (a) Each Loan Party has the corporate or other organizational
power and authority, and the legal right, to make and deliver the Amendment
Documents to which it is a party and to perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party,
as amended by the Amendment Documents, and has taken all necessary corporate or other
organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of such Amendment Documents
and the performance of such Loan Documents, as so amended.

     (b) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, no consent or authorization of, approval by, notice to,
filing with or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is
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  execution and delivery of the Amendment Documents or with the
performance, validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents,
as amended by the Amendment Documents.

     (c) Each Amendment Document has been duly executed and delivered
on behalf of each Loan Party which is a party thereto.

     (d) Each Amendment Document and each Loan Document, as amended
by the Amendment Documents, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of each Loan Party which is a party thereto enforceable against such Loan Party in
accordance with its terms, except as affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

     (e) The execution, delivery and performance of the Amendment
Documents and the performance of the Loan Documents, as amended by the
Amendment Documents, (i) will not violate the Organizational Documents of any of the Loan
Parties or (ii) except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
violate any Requirement of Law applicable to, or any Contractual Obligation of, Holdings, the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or result in, or require, the creation or
imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of
Law or any such Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by the Security
Documents).

     (f) Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan
Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents that is qualified by materiality
is true and correct on and as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, after giving effect to the
effectiveness of this Amendment, as if made on and as of such date, and each of the
representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents that
is not qualified by materiality is true and correct in all material respects on and
as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, after giving effect to the effectiveness of this
Amendment, as if made on and as of such date, except, in each case, to the extent that such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations
and warranties shall be true and correct, or true and correct in all material respects, as the
case may be, as of such earlier date.

     SECTION 6. Continuing Effect of the Credit Agreement.
This Amendment shall not constitute an amendment or waiver of or
consent to any provision of the Credit Agreement not expressly
referred to herein and shall not be construed as an amendment, waiver
or consent to any action on the part of the Borrower that would
require an amendment, waiver or consent of the Administrative Agent
or the Lenders except as expressly stated herein. Except as expressly
amended hereby, the provisions of the Credit Agreement are and shall
remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

     SECTION 7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed
by one or more of the parties to this Amendment on any number of
separate counterparts (including by facsimile), and all of said
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the
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       SECTION 8. GOVERNING LAW. THIS
AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY,
AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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	 	 	UNITED COMPONENTS, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	By:	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	/s/ Bruce M. Zorich
	 
	 	 	 	
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Name: 	 	Bruce M. Zorich	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Title: 	 	 President and	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	Chief Executive Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC., 	 	 
	 	 	as Administrative Agent	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	By:	 	
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Title:	 	 	 	 

 

 

       IN
    WITNESS WHEREOF, the patties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly
    executed and delivered by their respective proper and duly authorized officers
    as of the day and year first above written.
  

    	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	UNITED COMPONENTS, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	By:	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Name: 	 	Bruce M. Zorich	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Title: 	 	President and Chief Executive	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.,	 	 
	 	 	as Administrative Agent	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	By:	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	/s/ Francis Chang
	 
	 	 	 	
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Name: 	 	Francis Chang	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Title: 	 	Authorized Signatory

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