Exhibit 5.2
 
[LETTERHEAD OF YOUNG, WILLIAMS, HENDERSON & FUSELIER, P.A. APPEARS HERE]



December 16, 1997



Delco Remy International, Inc.
2902 Enterprise Drive
Anderson, IN 46013

Re:  Form S-1 Registration Statement
     (the "462(b) Registration Statement")

Gentlemen and Ladies:

     We have acted as counsel to The A&B Group, Inc., a Mississippi corporation,
A&B Enterprises, Inc., a Mississippi corporation, Dalex, Inc., a Mississippi
corporation, A&B Cores, Inc., a Mississippi corporation, MCA, Inc. of
Mississippi, a Mississippi corporation, and R&L Tool Company, Inc., a
Mississippi corporation (each a "Subsidiary Guarantor" and collectively the
"Subsidiary Guarantors") in connection with the proposed guarantee of
$15,000,000 principal amount of 8 5/8% Senior Notes Due 2007 (the "Additional
Notes") of Delco Remy International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company") by the Subsidiary Guarantors (each a "Guaranty" and collectively the
"Guaranties"). The Additional Notes are to be issued pursuant to the terms of an
indenture substantially in the form filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration
Statement (the "Indenture"), between the Company and United States Trust Company
of New York, as Trustee.

     In making our examination and rendering the opinions set forth below, we
have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to all authentic
original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. Based on the
foregoing, it is our opinion that each Guaranty issued by a Subsidiary Guarantor
has been duly authorized by the respective Subsidiary Guarantor and when
executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture and when the Additional Notes are paid for in the manner and at the
price set forth in the 462(b) Registration Statement, will constitute the legal,
valid and binding obligation of each Subsidiary Guarantor, enforceable against
each Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, reorganization or
other similar laws affecting creditors' rights or debtors' obligations and to
general principles of equity.

     The opinion expressed herein is rendered for your benefit in connection 
with the transaction contemplated hereby. The opinion expressed herein may not 
be used or relied on by any other person, nor may this letter or any copies 
hereof be furnished to a third party, filed with a government agency, quoted, 
cited or otherwise referred to without our prior written consent, except as 
provided below.


 
Delco Remy International, Inc.
December 16, 1997
Page 2


     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.2 to the
462(b) Registration Statement and to the reference to this opinion letter under
the caption "Legal Matters" in the prospectus forming a part of the 462(b)
Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we
are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act.


                                            Sincerely,

                                            YOUNG, WILLIAMS, HENDERSON & 
                                            FUSELIER, P.A.

                                            By: /s/ Don H. Goode
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                                               Don H. Goode

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