EXHIBIT 5.2

                      [LETTERHEAD OF KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP]



                                         December 8, 2003

Neenah Foundry Company
2121 Brooks Avenue
P.O. Box 729
Neenah, Wisconsin 54957


                     Re: Registration Statement on Form S-4

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We are issuing this opinion letter in our capacity as special legal
counsel to Neenah Foundry Company (the "Issuer"), in connection with the
proposed registration by the Issuer of $133,130,000 in aggregate principal
amount of the Issuer's 11% Senior Secured Notes due 2010 (the "Exchange Notes")
pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"). Such Registration Statement, as amended or
supplemented, is hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement." The
Exchange Notes are to be guaranteed pursuant to guarantees (the "Guarantees") by
the guarantors listed on Schedule A hereto (the "Guarantors" and together with
the Issuer, the "Registrants"). The Exchange Notes and the Guarantees are to be
issued pursuant to the Indenture (as amended and supplemented from time to time,
the "Indenture"), dated as of October 8, 2003 by and among the Issuer, the
Guarantors and The Bank of New York, as trustee. The Exchange Notes and the
Guarantees are to be issued in exchange for and in replacement of the Issuer's
11% Senior Secured Notes due 2010 (the "Old Notes") which were issued on October
8, 2003.

         In that connection, we have examined originals, or copies certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records
and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of this
opinion, including (i) the Indenture; (ii) the Registration Statement; (iii) the
forms of Exchange Notes and Guarantees; and (iv) such other records,
certificates and documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate in order
to deliver the opinions set forth herein.

         For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed (i) the authenticity of
all documents submitted to us as originals; (ii) the conformity to the originals
of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals
of all documents submitted to us as copies; (iii) the genuineness of the
signatures of persons signing all documents in connection with which this
opinion is rendered, the authority of such persons signing on behalf of the
parties thereto, and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all
documents by the parties thereto; (iv) that the Issuer and the Guarantors and
other parties thereto have or will have the power, corporate or other, to enter
into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due
authorization by all requisite

action, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder
and have also assumed the due authentication by all requisite action, corporate
or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and also have
assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and
execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and, except as set
forth in our opinion below, the validity and binding effect thereof on such
parties. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein which we have
not independently established or verified, we have relied upon statements and
representations of officers and other representatives of the Registrants and
others.

         Our opinion expressed below is subject to the qualifications that we
express no opinion as to the applicability of, compliance with, or effect of (i)
any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent
conveyance, moratorium or other similar law affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally, (ii) general principals of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and
(iii) public policy considerations which may limit the rights of parties to
obtain certain remedies.

         Based upon and subject to the foregoing qualifications, assumptions and
limitations and the further limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion
that when the Exchange Notes (in the form examined by us) have been duly
executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture
and duly delivered to holders of the Old Notes in exchange for the Old Notes,
the Exchange Notes and the Guarantees will be binding obligations of the Issuer
and the Guarantors, respectively.

         We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.2 to the
Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Legal Matters" in the Registration Statement. In giving this 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 of the rules and regulations of
the Commission.

         Our advice on every legal issue addressed in this letter is based on
exclusively on the internal law of the State of New York normally applicable to
transactions of this type (the "Applicable Law").

         This opinion is limited to the specific issues addressed herein, and no
opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated herein. We
assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion should the Applicable
Law as now in effect be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or
otherwise.

         We have also assumed that the execution and delivery of the Indenture,
the Exchange Notes, and the Guarantees and the performance by the Registrants of
their respective obligations thereunder do not and will not violate, conflict
with or constitute a default under any agreement or instrument to which any
Registrant is bound, except those agreements and instruments that have been
identified by any Registrant as being material to it and that have been filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement.

         This opinion is furnished to you in connection with the filing of the
Registration Statement and in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5)
of Regulation S-K promulgated under



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the Securities Act, and is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise
relied upon for any other purposes.




                                        Yours very truly,

                                        /s/ Kirkland & Ellis LLP

                                        Kirkland & Ellis LLP























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                                   Schedule A



Guarantors

Advanced Cast Products, Inc.
Dalton Corporation
Dalton Corporation, Warsaw Manufacturing Facility
Dalton Corporation, Stryker Machining Facility Co.
Dalton Corporation, Ashland Manufacturing Facility
Dalton Corporation, Kendallville Manufacturing Facility
Deeter Foundry, Inc.
Gregg Industries, Inc.
Mercer Forge Corporation
A&M Specialties, Inc.
Neenah Transport, Inc.
Cast Alloys, Inc.
Belcher Corporation
Peerless Corporation








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