Core Plot, custom labels and tick marks - core-plot

I am using Core Plot alpha release 0.2 and generating a plot with custom labels. The labels are appearing in the correct location but I have no tick marks. I have tried every combination of these settings:
x.majorIntervalLength = [[NSDecimalNumber decimalNumberWithString:#"5"] decimalValue];
x.minorTicksPerInterval = 0;
x.majorTickLineStyle = lineStyle;
x.minorTickLineStyle = lineStyle;
x.axisLineStyle = lineStyle;
x.minorTickLength = 5.0f;
x.majorTickLength = 7.0f;
x.tickDirection=CPSignNegative;
I've also added padding to the bottom of the graph using:
graph.plotAreaFrame.paddingBottom=10.0;
which has the effect of moving the X axis 'up' but no tick marks are visible. This seems like it should be pretty simple, generate a tick mark at the location of the custom label. But I don't see any way to do it.
Ideas?
**** Here's the code I'm using to generate the labels and tick marks, with no luck *
for (int i = 0; i < [xAxisLabels count]; i++) {
NSDictionary * labelDict = [xAxisLabels objectAtIndex:i];
NSString *label=[labelDict valueForKey:#"element"];
NSNumber *offset=[labelDict valueForKey:#"x"];
float location=[offset floatValue]*multiplier;
CPAxisLabel *newLabel = [[CPAxisLabel alloc] initWithText: label textStyle:labelStyle];
newLabel.tickLocation = CPDecimalFromFloat(location);
newLabel.offset = x.labelOffset + x.majorTickLength;
[customTicks addObject:[NSDecimalNumber decimalNumberWithDecimal:CPDecimalFromFloat(location)]];
[customLabels addObject:newLabel];
[newLabel release];
}
x.axisLabels = [NSSet setWithArray:customLabels];
[x setMinorTickLocations:[NSSet setWithArray:customTicks]];
[x setMajorTickLocations:[NSSet setWithArray:customTicks]];
[customTicks release];

With CPAxisLabelingPolicyNone you need to provide the tick locations (minorTickLocations and majorTickLocations), too.

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if ( fieldEnum == CPTScatterPlotFieldX ) {
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return nil;
}
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This was instigated by your statement :
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On the print bellow you can see the problem
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