New Waterline Whoa's

We have a 1939 home that had some ancient galv supply line that had constricted the pressure a lot... so we replaced it with the black poly. That worked fine, but we ran into a problem when hooking up to the meter because there was a copper line (a size not quite 3/4" as a solder fitting has way too much slop around it, but not 1/2" either) got cut.

There is what seems to be a 1" fitting on the meter itself that we can connect to, but the union like end that fastened this copper to the meter has a slightly different thread and a gasket in it.

For a short term fix, we connected a new galv 1"x3/4" coupling to connect our new waterline to the meter... which works, but leaks just a bit. Does anyone have an idea of where to get a new part that connects directly to the meter? The local plumbing contractor supply didn't have anything.

The other problem (in addition to wanting to fix this the right way), is that for some reason when we turned the water back on, the cold water at the lav barely drips, though in the rest of the house it's at different levels of slight restriction. Is this a vacuum lock or is it dirt/etc that came in and is blocking the plumbing?

Thanks for the help!

(Note: Tried to upload a picture of the part, but too large. Let me know if you'd like to see the part and I can email a picture to you)

Not a "vacuum lock".

Most likely, some dirt got in and is clogging faucet aerators. Unscrew the aerator from each faucet and see if they run good. If that isn't it, you need to back up.

Doesn't seem to be the aerators... it's ONLY the cold water that's slow. The hot water on the lav for instance is better than ever, but if you turn the handle for cold it slows to a trickle.

Is that on all the faucets and hose bibes to.

The lav is the only one that is a trickle, but the toilet and kitchen are restricted.
Having run pex throughout the house, I am fortunate in knowing where things tee off. The main line comes in, runs by the first hose bib, splits a line off to the other side of the house (washing machine, kitchen sink, dishwasher) and the main line continues toward the water heater. Before it gets there, the branch for the toilet (restricted) and tub (seems fine) come off the main line to one side, and about 6 inches further is the branch to the lav.
The water heater is getting water... way more pressure than we had before when the hot is turned on, so it seems maybe there is something in the line itself?

there maybey dibris in the stops to your fixtures. Disconnect and flush them
out.

Contact your water utility for a new tailpiece.

cwhyu2 said:

there maybey dibris in the stops to your fixtures. Disconnect and flush them
out.

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Better idea before that, shut off the main and open the problem fixtures, then open a valve thats lower .
If there's debris in the shutoffs, it might suck them out.
Once the water has drained, close the fixtures and leave the valve you drained with open, open the main and let it flush any debris out that valve.(silcock, heater drawoff, draw off at the main)
If you have some blocking the line itself below, this might clear it.
Beats opening water lines IF it works.

Thank you grumpy Iforgot about that trick.