Glad you've got that sorted!

My fork has a remote lockout - but I threaded the remote that mounts to the handlebar. Anyway I've taken the lockout off the fork now and really the only place I would miss it is when riding on the road (butument, tar, whatever you like to call it).
In some ways lockouts are a bit overrated I reckon. I certainly wouldn't specifically go for a pop lock remote one myself next time around - leg mounted controls would be fine.