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



December 9, 1997



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

Re:  Form S-1 Registration Statement
     Registration No. 33-37703

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 
$130,000,000 principal amount of __% Senior Notes Due 2007 (the "Senior Notes") 
of Delco Remy International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") by the
Subsidiary Guarantors (each a "Guaranty" and collectively the "Guaranties"). The
Senior 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 Senior Notes are paid for in the manner and at the price
set forth in the 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 herein. The opinion expressed herein may not 
be used or relied on by any other person, nor may this letter or any copies 
thereof be furnished to a third party, filed with a government agency, quoted, 
cited or otherwise referred to without our prior written consent, except as 
noted below.


 

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


Delco Remy International, Inc.
December 9, 1997
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     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the 
Registration Statement and to the use of our name in the Prospectus contained 
therein, under the caption "Legal Matters." 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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