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Howdy,
You can serve the same protective function by using a fusible link. You can buy one ready to solder onto the power wire you want to protect or you can make one. It is nothing more than a short length of wire two gauge sizes smaller than the wire it is spliced into.
For instance, if the wire on the circuit you want to protect is AWG8, cut the ring terminal off and take about 5 inches of the wire with it, solder on a 5" length of AWG12 with the correct ring terminal, tape it, seal it, done.
The major problem with fusible links is they are sacrificial. If it burns up (quite spectacular when it happens) and you don't have some of the correct AWG wire with you, you are stuck.
I prefer self-resetting breakers. Though I have not installed any on my cars, I have wired several motorcycles with breakers. Once you find the fault and correct it, the breaker has cooled off and you are ready to roll.
I haven't really inspected the power distribution block on my 245 with an eye toward it, but I think it would be a relatively simple thing to install breakers there.
Of course, your idea of installing a fuse block is just fine too. ;-)
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Mr. Shannon DeWolfe -- I've taken to using mister because my name misleads folks on the WWW. I am a 53 year old fat man. ;-)
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