I mean, this would have been fine temporarily if there wasn't a short somewhere in the wire or overdraw that blew the fuse in the first place, which means a replacement fuse wouldn't have worked either (well, it would have "worked" in that it would have blown like it was supposed to, but you'd be back to where you started).

The real issue isn't what you're using as a fuse, it's what's causing the short and/or what is drawing too much current for the wiring to handle. *That* has to be corrected first.