TKOF ABORTED ACCOUNT ACFT EQUIP PROB MALFUNCTION.

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FIRST FLT OF THE DAY AFTER A SUBFREEZING NIGHT. CLRED FOR TKOF. STOOD THE THROTTLES UP TO LET THEM STABILIZE. #1 ENG NORMAL EPR; N1; N2 AND FUEL FLOW INDICATIONS. #2 ENG IDLE EPR; BUT N1; N2 AND FUEL FLOW DUPLICATED #1 ENG READINGS. I DETERMINED THAT THE PROB WAS WITH THE #2 EPR GAUGE AND CALLED FOR AUTOTHROTTLES. THE FO REFUSED TO PUT AUTOTHROTTLES ON SAYING THAT HE THOUGHT WE HAD ENG ICE PROBS. SKY CONDITIONS LGA CLR 20; TEMP 14; DEWPOINT 0 DEGS; WIND 3025 GUSTS 30. I TOLD THE FO THAT IT WAS A GAUGE PROB. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ACR ACCIDENT IN DCA. AT THIS POINT WE WERE ACCELERATING THROUGH 35-40 KTS. INSTEAD OF TRYING TO ARGUE WITH THE FO DURING TKOF; I ELECTED TO REJECT THE TKOF. AFTER EXITING THE RWY; RUNNING THE APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS AND CONTACTING COMPANY MAINT; I DISCUSSED WITH THE FO WHY I SHOULD HAVE PRESSED ON WITH THE TKOF. ALL ENG PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL EXCEPT FOR THE EPR GAUGE. LACK OF TRAINING OR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONDITIONS BY THE FO LED TO THE RTO; COMPLICATED BY COCKPIT RESOURCE MGMNT TRAINING WHICH ADDED TO HIS ASSERTIVENESS IN REFUSING TO DO HIS REQUIRED DUTIES DURING TKOF ROLL.