After long suffering and pondering, I came up with some non-gas struts for my rear hatch. I found some 3/4" aluminum tube (inside diameter) in the aluminum parts section at Lowe's. I then found that 1/2" copper pipe (outside diameter of .0625) fits nicely inside the aluminum tube. I then added some wood blocks and drilled thru the sides and used a carriage bolt, nuts and washers to make a stud to mount the tubes to. I still need to find a pin that will hold the tubes and hatch open. I capped the copper pipe for looks. It seems to work good so far. I will stain the blocks to match the wood and will cut the bolts down to the nylock nuts. I used ideas from others on this forum. Thanks!
And I can still open the galley cabinet doors! That was a bit of a problem but it all worked out.